When adding a hyperlink to the properties of an image in Writer, this hyperlink, once set, cannot be removed properly. It can be set from "URL" to "" (empty field), but the exported PDF always shows a kind of URL symbol, when moving the mouse over it.
Repro Version: 7.1.4.2 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: a529a4fab45b75fefc5b6226684193eb000654f6 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Jan-Marek Glogowski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/99ef46fdb2a975e074c66a02328b86edfc05307f tdf#143105 Don't export empty URLs to PDF It will be available in 7.3.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Jan-Marek Glogowski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-7-2": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/644047f46c997ca2cacb00405a4110664eeab5b7 tdf#143105 Don't export empty URLs to PDF It will be available in 7.2.0.0.beta2. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
It's ok now, no hyperlink in Version: 7.2.0.1.0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: ffeeb78118a887419c5f33bb5311f0e2ddae463c CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Version: 7.3.1.3 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: a69ca51ded25f3eefd52d7bf9a5fad8c90b87951 CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-GB Calc: threaded Fixed in this version too. Delete the hyperlink in Writer's Image Properties and the hyperlink disappears fully from the same image in an exported pdf.
Notes for unit test writers: Revert has to be done manually. PDF exports can be checked with pdfium, see for example sw/qa/extras/globalfilter/globalfilter.cxx