Description:
Adding tabs in a text box in the Writer app using the ruler do not function properly. The tab appears in the ruler and looks functional, but when you press the tab key to move the cursor to the desired tab stop the cursor moves in the default 1/2" increments. It's as if you pressed tab prior to adding the custom tab positions in the ruler.
Using the Format —> Paragraph window allows me to add tab stops in the text box successfully. They appear in the ruler as expected and pressing the tab key moves the cursor to each custom tab position consecutively. Only tabs added by clicking on the ruler don't work.
NEW DISCOVERY: After adding the tabs to the ruler while the cursor is in the text box I then used my mouse to place the cursor OUTSIDE the text box in the location it had been prior to adding the text box. All the tabs I added on the ruler while the cursor was inside the text box were there and functioning OUTSIDE the text box. In other words, the tabs added to the ruler are being added to the document rather than to the text box. I hope that helps!

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create a text box in LibreOffice Writer Document.
2.Click on the ruler to add tabs that are different from the 1/2" defaults.
3.Attempt to use th tabs to enter text at tab positions.

Actual Results:
The ruler shows the tabs in the positions clicked on, but when you press the tab key to move the cursor to the tab position it moves in the standard 1/2" increments instead.

Expected Results:
The cursor should move to each tab stop in succession as seen on the ruler, skipping the default tab stops at the 1/2" increments.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes



Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: en-US
Module: TextDocument
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OS: Mac OS X (All)
OS is 64bit: no

From LibreOffice menu on Mac "About Libre Office":
Version: 7.2.2.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 02b2acce88a210515b4a5bb2e46cbfb63fe97d56
CPU threads: 4; OS: Mac OS X 10.16; UI render: default; VCL: osx
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Additional Information:
Using the Format –> Paragraph window I can add and remove tabs successfully. They show up on the ruler as expected and function perfectly when typing the tab key to position the cursor in the next position. It is only the tabs added from the ruler that fail to work properly.