Bug 165807 - Base: Menu item Special Characters is inactive and Context menu without reaction
Summary: Base: Menu item Special Characters is inactive and Context menu without reaction
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Base (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.5.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
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Reported: 2025-03-18 16:52 UTC by Hans Zekl
Modified: 2025-09-22 12:02 UTC (History)
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Description Hans Zekl 2025-03-18 16:52:51 UTC
Description:
I have a Base application. I a form a have a simple textfield (Varchar). When I try to write a special character the corresponding menu item is greyed out.

Using the context menu I get the menu item but there is no reaction after clicking on it.

Typing the decimal value via Alt+number works.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a form with a textfield
2.try to type the symbol for degrees (decimal 176) using the menu entry
3. The item "Special characters" is inactiv
4. Using the context menu, "Special characters is active" but after clicking on it there is nocreaction
5. Typing Alt+0175 works. Result: °

Actual Results:
See description

Expected Results:
°


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
This is a nasty problem.
Comment 1 Robert Großkopf 2025-03-19 15:14:12 UTC
Have tested this with OpenSUSE Linux 15.6.
Menue item is grayed out.
Could choose the special character through context menue when pressing OK in the dialog. Works here without any problem in 
Version: 24.8.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: fddf2685c70b461e7832239a0162a77216259f22
CPU threads: 6; OS: Linux 6.4; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: de-DE
Calc: threaded

Might be a special Windows bug.
Comment 2 jcsanz 2025-03-20 11:15:12 UTC
Tested with Windows 11
The menu is not greyed and works properly
The context menu works propeerly
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Version: 25.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d3abf4aee5fd705e4a92bba33a32f40bc4e56f49
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 22631); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: es-ES
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 3 Hans Zekl 2025-08-31 10:57:28 UTC
Switched to Windows 11, latest version.
LibreOffice 25.8.0.4

The symbol for special characters is greyed out. In the context menu the entry is active but clicking on it, nothing happens.

Greetings 
Hans
Comment 4 Hans Zekl 2025-08-31 10:58:56 UTC
(In reply to Hans Zekl from comment #3)
> Switched to Windows 11, latest version.
> LibreOffice 25.8.0.4
> 
> The symbol for special characters is greyed out. In the context menu the
> entry is active but clicking on it, nothing happens.
> 
> Greetings 
> Hans

Locale: de-de