Bug 165880 - Autocorrect context menu makes all other context options inaccessible
Summary: Autocorrect context menu makes all other context options inaccessible
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
unspecified
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: AutoCorrect-Complete
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Reported: 2025-03-23 17:06 UTC by daniel.schaaaf
Modified: 2025-08-26 04:43 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
Different right-click context menus for text in Writer and a text box (122.87 KB, image/gif)
2025-03-23 17:07 UTC, daniel.schaaaf
Details
Ideal right-click context menu including autocorrect actions in Firefox (101.60 KB, image/png)
2025-03-23 17:08 UTC, daniel.schaaaf
Details

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Description daniel.schaaaf 2025-03-23 17:06:46 UTC
Description:
Marking a word or parts of it, and right-clicking the marked text, should show the regular context menu. This is working as intended in Writer. In Calc or any text box (including Writer!), autocorrect always replaces the regular context menu, making regular context options like copy/paste inaccessible through the GUI.
A demonstration can be seen in the attached GIF showing the difference between Writer text and text inside a text box.

It can be argued that the Writer implementation (outside of text boxes) is not ideal either. Autocorrect was implemented better in Firefox (see attached PNG), where autocorrect actions are added on top of the regular right-click context menu.

I did not select an "earliest affected" version for this bug, because it has been present for a long time now.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type a misspelled word in Writer and in Calc or a text box in Writer.
2. Mark the misspelled word.
3. Right-click the marked text.

Actual Results:
The context menu shows only autocorrect actions.

Expected Results:
The regular right-click context menu should be shown. Ideally, autocorrect actions should be added to the top of the context menu.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d3abf4aee5fd705e4a92bba33a32f40bc4e56f49
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 19045); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 1 daniel.schaaaf 2025-03-23 17:07:48 UTC
Created attachment 199977 [details]
Different right-click context menus for text in Writer and a text box
Comment 2 daniel.schaaaf 2025-03-23 17:08:51 UTC
Created attachment 199978 [details]
Ideal right-click context menu including autocorrect actions in Firefox
Comment 3 Brandon H. 2025-03-30 00:16:03 UTC
Thank you for reporting the bug, I can reproduce the bug in 

Version: 25.2.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 7370d4be9e3cf6031a51beef54ff3bda878e3fac
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 22631); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: fa357e4a0a44471637373302c4391e6b0c2f1a20
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 22631); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded