Bug 166117 - Dropdown list in MS Word does not work in LO Writer
Summary: Dropdown list in MS Word does not work in LO Writer
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.5.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Form-Controls
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Reported: 2025-04-10 03:56 UTC by ahusni
Modified: 2025-04-24 07:35 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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The interactive drop down list in MS Word (8.84 KB, image/jpeg)
2025-04-10 03:57 UTC, ahusni
Details
Sample document (18.44 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2025-04-10 11:35 UTC, ahusni
Details

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Description ahusni 2025-04-10 03:56:12 UTC
Description:
A MS Word document with a dropdown list has the interactive list feature removed when opened in LO Writer. The last state of the list is displayed as a static object in LO Writer.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have a MS Word document with a drop down list
2. Open it in LO Writer
3.

Actual Results:
The originally interactive list changes to a static image

Expected Results:
The interactive list should be preserved


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
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: en-ID (en_ID); UI: id-ID
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 ahusni 2025-04-10 03:57:37 UTC
Created attachment 200264 [details]
The interactive drop down list in MS Word
Comment 2 Xisco Faulí 2025-04-10 08:12:53 UTC
Thank you for reporting the bug. Please attach a sample document, as this makes it easier for us to verify the bug. 
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' once the requested document is provided.
(Please note that the attachment will be public, remove any sensitive information before attaching it. 
See https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FAQ#How_can_I_eliminate_confidential_data_from_a_sample_document.3F for help on how to do so.)
Comment 3 ahusni 2025-04-10 11:35:01 UTC
Created attachment 200269 [details]
Sample document
Comment 4 Brandon H. 2025-04-10 23:54:04 UTC
Thank you for reporting the bug, I can reproduce the issue 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

However, I will leave this unconfirmed because I haven't used dropdown lists in a document myself and don't know if this can be fixed in general. Maybe someone else can test this.
Comment 5 meagan.eggert 2025-04-12 04:50:41 UTC
Version 25.2.1.2
Build ID: d3abf4aee5fd705e4a92bba33a32f40bc4e56f49
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 11 x86_64
UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US; UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Bug confirmed. Found no way to access the dropdown list's items.
Comment 6 Jessica 2025-04-24 07:35:46 UTC
Also confirmed in :

Version: 6.0.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: 6eeac3539ea4cac32d126c5e24141f262eb5a4d9
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: GL; 
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); Calc: group threaded

Version: 7.0.0.0.alpha1+ (x64)
Build ID: 574c57090642347980d2395e1e183cc7b5c171ad
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 26100; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded