Bug 160158 - Textbox Not Saving Data in form
Summary: Textbox Not Saving Data in form
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.6.4.1 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
: medium normal
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Blocks: DOCX-Content_Control
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Reported: 2024-03-11 21:15 UTC by Michael Boyer
Modified: 2026-03-29 03:15 UTC (History)
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Editing Checklist Form in .docx format (55.37 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2024-03-11 21:15 UTC, Michael Boyer
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Description Michael Boyer 2024-03-11 21:15:41 UTC
Created attachment 193067 [details]
Editing Checklist Form in .docx format

I have created a form for an editing checklist on the .docx format. Once I take it out of design mode, save it, and enter data, the check boxes all work but any text I enter is not there in the textboxes when I reopen the form after a save. It is returned to the default text I have specified in the textbox form control.

Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

I've attached the document.

Thanks!

Michael Boyer
Comment 1 wjsim 2024-03-16 16:13:26 UTC
I tested it with both:

Version: 24.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: db4def46b0453cc22e2d0305797cf981b68ef5ac
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 6a064b1967e06e40be40817deff99d00c1a8554f
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

I can confirm that the data entered does not save and the radio buttons are saved still.
Comment 2 Michael Boyer 2024-03-17 17:25:57 UTC
I believe I found another bug with these form controls. Should I add it here or create another report? I think the tab index doesn't work in the form control. Tabbing through items doesn't seem to follow the tab index but I can't see why it is tabbing in the order it is.

Anyone have a recommendation on whether to include that here or add a new bug report?
Comment 3 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2024-03-28 16:20:34 UTC
(In reply to Michael Boyer from comment #2)
> Tabbing through items doesn't seem to follow the tab index but I
> can't see why it is tabbing in the order it is.
> 
> Anyone have a recommendation on whether to include that here or add a new
> bug report?
Please keep reports focused on one single issue.

(In reply to Michael Boyer from comment #0)
> I have created a form for an editing checklist on the .docx format. Once I
> take it out of design mode, save it, and enter data, the check boxes all
> work but any text I enter is not there in the textboxes when I reopen the
> form after a save. It is returned to the default text I have specified in
> the textbox form control.
> 
> Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
I can also reproduce. The same file saved as ODT will keep the text in the text boxes.

Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 1344e6261a1d856c71eca1e0cc29215a586bf335
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.5; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2026-03-29 03:15:25 UTC
Dear Michael Boyer,

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