Bug 167604 - Can't copy a text box in LibreOffice Calc
Summary: Can't copy a text box in LibreOffice Calc
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 167386
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.4.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
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Keywords: regression
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Reported: 2025-07-20 09:50 UTC by j.onathan
Modified: 2025-07-21 08:26 UTC (History)
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Description j.onathan 2025-07-20 09:50:50 UTC 
Description:
In LibreOffice Calc it is no longer possible to copy and paste a textbox.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open a new Calc document
2. insert a textbox (and write something in it)
3. select the text box
4. try to copy it and paste

Actual Results:
the textbox isn't copied. Instead, it's the last active cell is copied

Expected Results:
the textbox should be copied


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
LibreOffice Calc version : 24.2.4.3 (X86_64)
OS : Ubuntu 24.04
Bug also reproduced on a fresh install
Comment 1 j.onathan 2025-07-20 09:54:15 UTC 
You should read:

Actual Results:
the textbox isn't copied. Instead, the last active cell is copied
Comment 2 j.onathan 2025-07-20 10:21:22 UTC 
Can also be reproduced on :
- 24.2.4 Windows
- 24.2.5 Windows / Linux
Comment 3 Robert Großkopf 2025-07-20 14:18:10 UTC 
Opened a Calc-document.
Created Insert → Textbox with some content.
Textbox is marked.
Copied textbox.
Set cursor to another field in Calc.
Tried to insert Textbox but there wouldn't be inserted anything.

Bug first appears in
Version: 25.2.4.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 33e196637044ead23f5c3226cde09b47731f7e27
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

Bug won't appear in:
Version: 25.2.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: bbb074479178df812d175f709636b368952c2ce3
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

So a regression. Might be the versions in comment 3 aren't correct: 24.2.4 and 24.2.5 might be 25.2.4 and 25.2.5
Comment 4 nobu 2025-07-20 14:55:04 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 167386 ***
Comment 5 nobu 2025-07-20 21:06:49 UTC 
It seems to have been fixed in the daily build.

[2025-07-18_08.09.47]
Version: 25.2.6.0.0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: be12f228ff0cdf34f5821829047ef898e9feabfa
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 19045); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (ja_JP); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

In next version 25.2.6, it should work correctly.

If you need to copy within the same sheet, you can copy with Ctrl + Drag.
Comment 6 j.onathan 2025-07-21 08:26:57 UTC 
Description and Comment 2 contain errors.
Calc versions were 25.x.x (and not 24.x.x - sorry).

An other workaround : 
1. select the textbox with the select tool (in the drawing toolbar)
2. copy
3. paste