Description: When I wish to replace all instances of Font A with Font B, LO tells me, "To proceed with this action, you must first turn off the 'undo' function. Do you want to turn off the 'undo' function?" If I choose "yes," LO hangs and finally quits. And I'm unable to find any way to disable the "undo" function. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Open a document (in my case it's a long one). 2.Press ctrl-H to open search and replace 3.Go to "Find" and leave it blank 4. Select "Format" and "font." 5. Choose Font A (any font) and press OK 6. Go to "Replace" and leave it blank 7. Go to "Format" and "font." 8 Choose Font B and press OK 9. Choose "Replace All." Actual Results: LO gives the prompt "To proceed with this action, you must first turn off the 'undo' function. Do you want to turn off the 'undo' function?" If I choose "yes," LO hangs and finally quits. Expected Results: LO should replace all instances of Font A with Font B, without a prompt. If a prompt is needed, pressing "Yes" should disable the "undo" function and re-enable it once the operation is finished. Alternatively, pressing "Yes" should bring me to the place where I can disable the "undo" function manually. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: I can't find any menu that offers me the opportunity to disable to "undo" function.
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Created attachment 199221 [details] sample file in which bug 165265 occurs The bug occurs in this file. We search for the font "Gentium Book Basic" and wish to replace it with "Gentium." The described bug appears.
Created attachment 199222 [details] Screencast showing bug 165265 This screencast shows the result of the bug. The screencast leaves out some steps (the fonts to be replaced have already been selected). But it shows the outcome.
Version: 24.8.4.2 (X86_64) Build ID: 480(Build:2) CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.12; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Created attachment 199226 [details] Screenshot of F&R Not reproducible Version: 24.8.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: fddf2685c70b461e7832239a0162a77216259f22 CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
Maybe an only Linux issue.
No repro with Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 7da1497aa462e2b719aa9b308a749caf7b9a19b1 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: cs-CZ (cs_CZ.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded I got the same dialog as in comment 5. See https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26582
j.a.swami: do you still see this with 25.8?
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #8) > j.a.swami: do you still see this with 25.8? Regrettably, yes.
This started in 25.2 with 22cb250074606a9e637787245f8e18a11ac5c252 (which was backported to 24.8) Resolves: tdf#162113 prefer restoring explicit font style selection I installed these fonts: https://www.1001fonts.com/gentium-book-basic-font.html https://software.sil.org/gentium/download/
This implies that if, in the font page, that after you select the font name you then delete the contents of the "Style" combobox so that it is blank before choosing ok that the problem doesn't arise.
I think I can tweak this so the default behavior is the same for this use case as it was originally, without disrupting tdf#162113
Caolán McNamara committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/e419d3927b62cbc90bbfd0f893adb268af38afdf Resolves: tdf#165265 don't autoselect a font style It will be available in 26.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Caolán McNamara committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-25-8": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/54aaa6a1e475921573f07d3e5a3a1f22018574bb Resolves: tdf#165265 don't autoselect a font style It will be available in 25.8.4. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Verified, thanks Arch Linux 64-bit Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 38121c6f0208f9db0a6d69e33efc7d1eec0aae31 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.17; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded Built on 30 October 2025
Caolán McNamara committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-25-8-3": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/f779d55e8bcefdd9376a94ece6bfef0bda64b213 Resolves: tdf#165265 don't autoselect a font style It will be available in 25.8.3. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.