Bug 166908 - Enabling Automatic Numbering and Bulleting via AutoCorrect not working
Summary: Enabling Automatic Numbering and Bulleting via AutoCorrect not working
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.6.2 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2025-06-08 09:59 UTC by leo4pub
Modified: 2025-12-29 14:22 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Demonstration of the bug (2.08 MB, video/x-matroska)
2025-06-08 19:40 UTC, leo4pub
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Description leo4pub 2025-06-08 09:59:26 UTC
Description:
Using Writer from LO in french, I activated "Enable Automatic Numbering and Bulleting" and "while typing" options, I'm using Default format and when I type -,* or + followed by space, followed by test and enter, the bulleted list is not created.
Curiously, it works for numbered lists...

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Enable Automatic Numbering and Bulleting option
2.Enable While Typing option
3.Select Default format for paragraph
4.On a new line type - followed by a space, followed by some text and press Enter

Actual Results:
- text


Expected Results:
A bulleted list with text


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 24.8.6.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 480(Build:2)
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.11; UI render: default; VCL: kf6 (cairo+wayland)
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: fr-FR
Ubuntu package version: 4:24.8.6-0ubuntu0.24.10.2
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 BogdanB 2025-06-08 12:17:39 UTC
Working well in
Version: 25.2.3.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d8d1af5f77df955194e52baabe19324532ac8e8b
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.11; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 2 BogdanB 2025-06-08 12:21:22 UTC
Also in
Version: 25.2.4.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 33e196637044ead23f5c3226cde09b47731f7e27
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.11; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 3 V Stuart Foote 2025-06-08 13:53:49 UTC
Can not confirm. Functions as indicated in Help article.

But please check that you have enabled the feature from Tools -> AutoCorrect -> AutoCorrect Options... dialog. Where on the Options panel in the [T] (while typing) column the "Bulleted and numbered lists. Bullet symbol ●" entry is checked active.

Both it and its related "Bulleted and numbered lists immediate after pressing space" are not checked enabled by default.

May have to close and reopen Writer to fully apply.

=-testing-=

Version: 25.2.4.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 508ff62361999404a9d3590fe47df713b5888744
CPU threads: 28; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 4 leo4pub 2025-06-08 19:40:16 UTC
Created attachment 201148 [details]
Demonstration of the bug

This is a screeen video capture to show the bug
Comment 5 leo4pub 2025-06-08 19:42:11 UTC
Thank you for your answers!

I update my LO version: 
Version: 25.2.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 520(Build:2)
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.11; UI render: default; VCL: kf6 (cairo+wayland)
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: fr-FR
Ubuntu package version: 4:25.2.3-0ubuntu0.24.10.1~lo1
Calc: threaded

And tried again checking the points in the given anwsers and it still doesn't work

Maybe the bug is only for french version??

The strange thing is that it works well for numbered lists
Comment 6 Alan B. 2025-06-09 01:02:28 UTC
I'm also unable to reproduce this bug. I tried manually changing my LibreOffice language to French in Tools -> Options -> Languages and Locales -> General and couldn't get it to occur that way either. Might require system locale to be French or else be platform-specific somehow?

Version: 25.2.4.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 33e196637044ead23f5c3226cde09b47731f7e27
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 19045); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 7 Buovjaga 2025-12-29 14:22:38 UTC
Works fine for me with French.

Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 580(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.18; UI render: default; VCL: kf6 (cairo+wayland)
Locale: fr-FR (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: fr-FR
25.8.4-1
Calc: CL threaded