Bug 158455 - Writer hangs when Find&Replace while Tracking changes
Summary: Writer hangs when Find&Replace while Tracking changes
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.4.7.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Track-Changes Find-Search
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Reported: 2023-11-30 10:47 UTC by J22Gim
Modified: 2025-05-19 19:18 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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VLC may show an empty screen. See the instructions in the original post (1.88 MB, video/mp4)
2023-11-30 10:48 UTC, J22Gim 		Details
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Description J22Gim 2023-11-30 10:47:14 UTC 
Description:
Writer hangs if all of these happen:

- you try to Find&Replace some text
- the replacement uses formatting
- 'Track changes' is activated

Steps to Reproduce:
In the attached video you can see the sequence.

1. Open a new Writer file, write several times any word (say, 'bridge')
2. Activate 'Track Changes'
3. Open Find & Replace dialog
4. Find: 'bridge', Replace by: 'bridge' (in italics)
5. Press 'Replace all'

Actual Results:
Writer hangs. You have to kill it and lose changes

Expected Results:
every 'bridge' is replaced by "bridge" in italics.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
1- I just tried italics, but I assume this would be the same for other formatting options

2- if you use VLC for the attached video, you will see a black screen. It's a VLC problem. To solve this, go to Input/Codecs -> Video codecs -> FFmpeg -> Hardware decoding -> Disable
Comment 1 J22Gim 2023-11-30 10:48:07 UTC 
Created attachment 191136 [details]
VLC may show an empty screen. See the instructions in the original post
Comment 2 Danilo Palladino 2023-12-01 15:14:19 UTC 
repro with:
windows 11

libre office:

Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 619500d6919c227e734b119481a4b334972e0b7b
CPU threads: 20; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: it-IT (it_IT); UI: it-IT
Calc: threaded
Comment 3 J22Gim 2025-05-18 15:56:00 UTC 
Still crashing in 2025

Version: 25.2.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 520(Build:2)
CPU threads: 24; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: qt5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 4:25.2.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~lo1
Calc: threaded
Comment 4 Telesto 2025-05-18 21:37:22 UTC 
Also with
Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 5c7b3f5dc1f14081eed380999dc029a500784d55
CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 14.7.4; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Also with
Version: 7.0.0.3
Build ID: 8061b3e9204bef6b321a21033174034a5e2ea88e
CPU threads: 8; OS: Mac OS X 10.16; UI render: default; VCL: osx
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 5 Telesto 2025-05-19 19:18:32 UTC 
Also in
Versie: 5.2.4.2 
Build ID: 3d5603e1122f0f102b62521720ab13a38a4e0eb0
CPU Threads: 4; Versie besturingssysteem:Windows 6.2; UI Render: GL; 
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); Calc: CL

and in
Versie: 4.4.7.2 
Build ID: f3153a8b245191196a4b6b9abd1d0da16eead600
Locale: nl_NL