(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #1)
> This is only affecting a formula placed by OLE onto a Writer document canvas.
> 
> The content panels function as expected when a formula is opened directly
> from the sm module.

Reproducible on

Version: 7.5.0.0.alpha1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 2b4d136b65bc79a1248876160e85fab79d52d5d6
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.14; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: es-ES (es_ES.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Math is not intended to be used as a stand alone app: it lacks the concept of page or text flow, so the only valid user case for Math is as an embedded object, and that means that almost all Math users will face this problem.

(In reply to RGB from comment #4)
> ...
> Math is not intended to be used as a stand alone app: it lacks the concept
> of page or text flow, so the only valid user case for Math is as an embedded
> object, and that means that almost all Math users will face this problem.

Nonsense, ODF Formula (*.ODF) is a fully described stand alone document format that supports a variety of workflows, as OLE or directly published.

I actually agree both with RGB, and with V Stuart Foote; I confirm that using Math as standalone app is not common; OTOH, there still are legitimate uses.

But at the same time, this is off-topic here ;) I would also mark the last paragraph of comment 4 as such, but Bugzilla does not allow selective hiding of comment parts ;)