Bug 168915 - Unable to enter something in table cell with content-controls without width
Summary: Unable to enter something in table cell with content-controls without width
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.2.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Blocks: DOCX-Content_Control
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Reported: 2025-10-17 08:46 UTC by Paul Menzel
Modified: 2025-11-05 10:40 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Problematic document (86.60 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2025-10-17 08:46 UTC, Paul Menzel
Details
Screencast of trying to enter something in the second row (cursor positions with long times, I tried with long times, I also clicked and double clicked) (471.39 KB, video/mp4)
2025-10-20 08:15 UTC, Paul Menzel
Details
Screencast of successful edit with Microsoft Office Professional 2016 (163.54 KB, video/mp4)
2025-11-04 14:34 UTC, Paul Menzel
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Description Paul Menzel 2025-10-17 08:46:11 UTC
Created attachment 203385 [details]
Problematic document

Debian sid/unstable with *libreoffice* 4:25.8.2-3

My employer requires to fill out the attached DOCX document. In the table *Reisedetails* on page *Reisekostenabrechnung*, I am unable to enter something in the column *Datum* in second row onwards.
Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2025-10-17 16:41:30 UTC
No issue here,
the calendar can be opened, click on the down arrow to select a date, or first deleting the 'Datum' label to introduce the date.

Version: 25.8.2.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: d401f2107ccab8f924a8e2df40f573aab7605b6f
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (es_ES); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Please test in safe mode, Menu/Help/Restart in Safe Mode
Comment 2 Paul Menzel 2025-10-17 19:17:56 UTC
Thank you for looking into this. Unfortunately, we misunderstood each other. I am able to do something in the first row. It’s about the second row (second column).
Comment 3 raal 2025-10-18 08:40:29 UTC
Confirm with Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 8ea8e254a3151f5390f3a10ff156fcaf8e7c5d5c
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: cs-CZ (cs_CZ.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

I have not Word, so I cannot test if the table is editable there.
Comment 4 Dieter 2025-10-18 13:10:30 UTC
Paul, is it about the cell "bei mehrtägigen Reisen"? If you place cursor into the cell and click twice you can open a calendar. Same in first cell (Reisedatum). Can you confirm this? Not sure, what kind of function it is and why LO doesn't indicate it.

Version: 25.8.1.1 (X86_64)
Build ID: 54047653041915e595ad4e45cccea684809c77b5
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 5 Paul Menzel 2025-10-20 08:15:54 UTC
Created attachment 203451 [details]
Screencast of trying to enter something in the second row (cursor positions with long times, I tried with long times, I also clicked and double clicked)
Comment 6 m_a_riosv 2025-10-20 11:30:17 UTC
Have you tested in Safe Mode?
Comment 7 Paul Menzel 2025-10-20 12:20:58 UTC
(In reply to m_a_riosv from comment #6)
> Have you tested in Safe Mode?

I just tested this, and some behavior.
Comment 8 Dieter 2025-10-25 19:27:05 UTC
I can confirm the problem, but problem is the same when opening with MS Word Online. So I think it's a problem with the doc ument itself and not with LO.
Comment 9 Paul Menzel 2025-11-04 14:00:26 UTC
(In reply to Dieter from comment #8)
> I can confirm the problem, but problem is the same when opening with MS Word
> Online. So I think it's a problem with the doc ument itself and not with LO.

I just tried it in Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016, and I was able to edit each cell. In the date columns a date picker appears.
Comment 10 Paul Menzel 2025-11-04 14:34:11 UTC
Created attachment 203726 [details]
Screencast of successful edit with Microsoft Office Professional 2016
Comment 11 Robert Großkopf 2025-11-05 10:06:48 UTC
When saving the document as *.odt-file I could enter content controls in every row of the table for "Reisedetails". But this content-controls won't save anything. The width of this controls wont change when entering any content.

Seems there is used a function for content controls which isn't implemented in Writer.

Could confirm the buggy behavior with 
Version: 25.8.2.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: d401f2107ccab8f924a8e2df40f573aab7605b6f
CPU threads: 6; OS: Linux 6.4; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded