Bug 144231 - [UI] Only the endpoint of an overlapping run of commented text is marked
Summary: [UI] Only the endpoint of an overlapping run of commented text is marked
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.1.4.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2021-09-01 06:47 UTC by Luke Kendall
Modified: 2023-03-31 03:29 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
Zip file of screenshot and repro .odt (124.19 KB, application/zip)
2021-09-01 06:47 UTC, Luke Kendall
Details
Screenshot and updated sample .odt (146.54 KB, application/zip)
2021-09-16 12:30 UTC, Luke Kendall
Details

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Description Luke Kendall 2021-09-01 06:47:53 UTC
Created attachment 174688 [details]
Zip file of screenshot and repro .odt

1. Make a comment on one word.
2. Make a second comment on a span of other words that ends at the same point.

Result: the second comment does not show the starting point of the text span it refers to. So you can't see just what text it applies to.

If you extend the second comment so it ends one character later, the second comment will be correctly highlighted in the document body.
See attached file.
Comment 1 Dieter 2021-09-16 11:10:51 UTC
I can't confirm it with

Version: 7.2.1.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 87b77fad49947c1441b67c559c339af8f3517e22
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: de-DE
Calc: CL

Luke, could you please retest with Lo 7.2? Thank you
=> NEEDINFO
Comment 2 Luke Kendall 2021-09-16 12:30:08 UTC
Created attachment 175071 [details]
Screenshot and updated sample .odt

Retested with:

Version: 7.2.1.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 87b77fad49947c1441b67c559c339af8f3517e22
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.11; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

I opened the file I had provided, and it looked correct - comments appeared okay.

But then I tried to add a couple of comments in the same way, and I saw the bug is still there for the text and comments I'd just added.

Screenshot and updated sample .odt provided in a new .zip attachment.
Comment 3 Dieter 2021-09-16 13:03:19 UTC
(In reply to Luke Kendall from comment #2)
> But then I tried to add a couple of comments in the same way, and I saw the
> bug is still there for the text and comments I'd just added.

I also added a comment and a second comment in the described way and still couldn't reproduce. Tested with selection from left to right and from right to left. (Perhaps it's only a problem in Linux?)

Does it also happen in SafeMode? (Help => Restart in Safe mode)?

BTW: You can't confirm your own bugs => status UNCONFIRMED
Comment 4 Luke Kendall 2021-09-16 13:47:57 UTC
(If I confirmed the bug, I didn't mean to!)

No, restarting in safe mode made no difference.

(That took longer than expected because resizing the Writer window in safe mode so I could see your note caused a hard lockup of the Marco desktop and I had to power cycle my system: I couldn't even get to a console. I've had the Zoom app do the same thing.)
Comment 5 Dieter 2021-09-16 14:12:34 UTC
(In reply to Luke Kendall from comment #4)
> No, restarting in safe mode made no difference.

So further ideas from my side. I hope somebody else can help and confirm.
Comment 6 Dieter 2022-08-31 06:04:38 UTC
Hello Luke, perhaps bug is only reproducible in Linux, so I can't confirm it. But a new major release of LibreOffice is available since this bug was reported. Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ?
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version.
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2023-02-28 03:19:57 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 QA Administrators 2023-03-31 03:29:41 UTC
Dear Luke Kendall,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
a lack of information which is needed in order to accurately
reproduce and confirm the problem. We encourage you to retest
your bug against the latest release. If the issue is still
present in the latest stable release, we need the following
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