Created attachment 173019 [details] Screen cast of disappearing text box An inserted text box object will be automatically removed if no text was added there, and the object looses focus. This is normal, but in the following scenario this is wrong: 1. Create a new text box object 2. Try to right-click inside it, to get a context menu - e.g., to paste. => text box disappears, the context menu gets opened in the text body. This should not happen, because logically the text box is still active. Repro in Version: 7.1.4.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: a529a4fab45b75fefc5b6226684193eb000654f6 CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Also repro in OOo 3.2.0.
Confirmed. Should not have to enter a text string "place holder" just to keep the draw Text box available/focused when attempting context menu manipulation.
Frequently reported (the text box also disappears when you left-click somewhere else) and the suggestion is to prefer frames, see bug 139606. Not sure if it makes sense to put effort in this particular issue.
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2) > Frequently reported (the text box also disappears when you left-click > somewhere else) Removing it when left-clicking elsewhere is expected and normal, as mentioned in comment 0; test box without text is considered something to remove. Unlike the right-click inside case considered here. > and the suggestion is to prefer frames, see bug 139606. Suggestions how to workaround something, and what is better to use is a specific case, is irrelevant. When something is a bug, it should be fixed. > Not sure if it makes sense to put effort in this particular issue. It does. Again: either one removes a feature at all, or accepts bugs as bugs (which indeed doesn't mean that I expect the fix tomorrow; it may be OK if it is delayed to the end of the next week ;-P)
Also in Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 3df90fbc24a650cf6b0767d00821753ed3d4f5f4 CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 5.19; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded The simple workaround is to type anything (even a space) and then right click.