Description: With the text "one two three", when I double-click "two" and press delete, two spaces remain between "one" and "three". Many full-featured word processors, e.g. Microsoft Word, have a Smart Delete feature so that only one space is left after the deletion. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Select text to delete. 2. Press delete. 3. Note that two spaces remain where the text was. Actual Results: Extra space must be deleted separately. Expected Results: Extra space should be deleted along with the selected text. Microsoft Word and other programs do this. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: Version: 7.6.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 29d686fea9f6705b262d369fede658f824154cc0 CPU threads: 4; OS: Mac OS X 14.2.1; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: osx Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
I confirm described behaviour with Version: 24.2.0.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: b4d45829793cddfe67b58a53f495528c75738d8a CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB Calc: CL threaded But not sure, if it should be changed. Current behaviour is user-friendly, if you want to type new text. Perhaps inconsistent behaviour: Drag and drop a selected word includes also preceding space, see bug 141738 Cut a selected word, cut also the preceding space (see bug 139631) Pressing "delete" with a selected word doesn't delete leading space (this bug) Best solution would be, that preceding space is only deleted, if you press delete or backspace, but i don't know, if this is feasible from a technical side cc: Design-Team
This has been discussed recently. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 149254 ***