Bug 155230 - Can't type the ± character anywhere in LibreOffice
Summary: Can't type the ± character anywhere in LibreOffice
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.3.7.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
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Reported: 2023-05-10 11:14 UTC by Alex Kent Hajnal
Modified: 2023-05-10 19:35 UTC (History)
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Description Alex Kent Hajnal 2023-05-10 11:14:24 UTC
Description:
When typing the ± character LibreOffice changes it to -.  This occurs throughout LibreOffice including Calc, Writer, and dialogs.  Pasting the ± characters works fine though.

Only ± is showing this issue.  Other composed characters (e.g. ∓ → Ö ⌀ µ Ω) work fine.

I'm using Xkb (standard X11 character compose) to enter ± as <Compose><+><->.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type the ± character anywhere that text can be entered.

Actual Results:
The - character is entered.

Expected Results:
The ± character should be entered.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
I tried deselecting `Tools → Autocorrect Options → Options → Replace dashes` but it made no difference.

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Version: 7.3.7.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 30(Build:2)
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
Calc: CL
Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2023-05-10 13:52:24 UTC
Please test in safe mode, Menu/Help/Restart in Safe Mode
Comment 2 Alex Kent Hajnal 2023-05-10 15:43:07 UTC
OK, that's weird.  Restarting in safe mode fixed the issue both in safe mode *and* when run normally.  No configuration changes were made.

Close the bug I guess?