Description: Character spacing setting is only applied to some characters when Japanese characters are used and grid (lines and characters) is enabled. I tried with: LibreOffice 6.2.8.2 f82ddfca21ebc1e222a662a32b25c0c9d20169ee (LibreOffice-still.standard-x86_64.AppImage) LibreOffice 7.3.3.2 30(Build:2) (APT-Sources: http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages) (I'm sorry if my English is wrong.) Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open LibreOffice Writer 2. Open "Page Style" dialog 3. On the "Text Grid" tab, select "Grid (lines and characters)" 4. Click "OK" button (or press enter key) 5. Enter Japanese text (e.g., "ああああああああああああ") 6. Select some text and set character spacing Actual Results: The character spacing is applied to only a portion of the set area Expected Results: Applies to all parts of the set area Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes OpenGL enabled: Yes Additional Info: Version: 7.3.3.2 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 30(Build:2) CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Ubuntu package version: 1:7.3.3~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 Calc: threaded
Created attachment 180691 [details] Recorded video
Thank you for reporting the bug. Please attach a sample document, as this makes it easier for us to verify the bug. I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' once the requested document is provided. (Please note that the attachment will be public, remove any sensitive information before attaching it)
Created attachment 182420 [details] Sample document
Please accept my apologies for the delay. Created with LibreOffice Writer Version: 7.3.6.2 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 30(Build:2) CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: ja-JP (ja_JP.UTF-8); UI: ja-JP Ubuntu package version: 1:7.3.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 Calc: threaded
I confirm it with Version: 7.5.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: c3b5eea4304ad6815b491f549fce008a9630c213 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19044; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB Calc: CL threaded
> 6. Select some text and set character spacing In this step, on which dialog do you set the character spacing? Is it Format > Character > Position > Spacing? For me, when I open your test document, select all, then changing the character spacing on Format > Character > Position > Spacing, none of the character spacing is changed. This is expected, as the page has Text Grid enabled and the paragraph has "Snap to text grid (if active)" enabled thus the characters should snap to text grids and any explicit character space setting is ignored by design. To let the character spacing taken into effect, you need to disable text grid, or disable the "Snap to text grid (if active)" for this paragraph (select the paragraph and uncheck this option on Format > Paragraph > Alignment). I set this to NEEDINFO and awaiting your clarify.
Well, I took a look of your screencast. You set the text grid, then selected a portion of the text and apply character spacing. The spacing was not shown, this is expected. Then you disabled the text grid, and then you see that the spacing are shown for that portion of the text you have applied spacing, this is also expected. Am I missing something?
Oh, I didn't know that. I disabled "Snap to text grid (if active)" and the result is what I expected! Thank you very much!