Bug 169254 - In “Find and Replace,” the value for type size remains sticky and can't be changed
Summary: In “Find and Replace,” the value for type size remains sticky and can't be ch...
Status: NEW
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Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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4.2.0.4 release
Hardware: All All
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Blocks: Find&Replace-Dialog
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Reported: 2025-11-04 16:55 UTC by j.a.swami
Modified: 2025-11-04 19:39 UTC (History)
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Description j.a.swami 2025-11-04 16:55:34 UTC
In the "Find and Replace" dialogue -- in the "Font" tab reached by the "Format" tab -- the value for "Size" remains sticky (at least if the "find" and "replace" fields are left blank).

STR:
1. Press Ctrl-H 
2. Leave the "Find" and "Replace" fields blank.
3. Place cursor in the "Find" field.
4. Click "Format."
5. Specify a font (in my case, Gentium--for which the Style dialogue defaults to "regular").
6. Specify a size, say 10 pt. 
7. Click "Ok."
8. Repeat steps 4 through 7 for the "Replace" field.

9. Place cursor in the "Find" (or "Replace") field.
10. Click "Format."
11. Delete the size (in this instance, I don't want to be size-specific)
12. Click "Ok."

13. Notice that either the Size shown is still 10 pt or else (oddly) has changed to 2 pt.
14. Click "Format."
15. Notice that what we see in step 13 is seen in the formatting dialogue too.

None of the following steps seem to change the above result:
* Clicking "Reset" in the formatting dialogue 
* Restarting Writer
* Restarting Linux

I don't know whether searching for specific text (instead of leaving the S & R fields blank) behaves the same way. Haven't tested this.

Bug 157743 may be relevant.

Fedora Linux 42. Gnome. 

Version: 25.2.6.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 520(Build:2)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.17; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 raal 2025-11-04 19:39:59 UTC
I can confirm with Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: c7b3ea692f293346fbbdf2a391d9d971c34fa1f2
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: cs-CZ (cs_CZ.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

and Version: 4.2.0.0.alpha1+, where the font size after delete and save dialog comes back (not 2pt, but the same value which I deleted).