Bug 170336 - Table Cell Background Color is lost on copy-paste
Summary: Table Cell Background Color is lost on copy-paste
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
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25.2.7.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Blocks: Writer-Tables
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Reported: 2026-01-13 21:32 UTC by Alexander Kurakin
Modified: 2026-02-01 03:19 UTC (History)
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Description Alexander Kurakin 2026-01-13 21:32:58 UTC 
1. Open the Writer.
2. Create a 2-rows 2-columns table (the first).
3. Create a 2-rows 2-columns table (the second).
4. Select the first table.
5. Set "Table Cell Background Color" to "Red".
6. Select the second table.
7. Set "Table Cell Background Color" to "Green".
8. Press <Ctrl>+C.
9. Go to the 1st row 1st column of the first table.
10. Press <Ctrl>+V.
11. Expected: the first table cells' background color is "Green".
12. Actual: it is "Red".
Comment 1 Alexander Kurakin 2026-01-13 21:33:23 UTC 
Reproduced in:

Version: 25.2.7.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 520(Build:2)
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.12; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Gentoo official package
Calc: threaded
Comment 2 Dieter 2026-01-31 16:44:17 UTC 
I confirm it with

Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64)
Build ID: 680(Build:0)
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL threaded

At least a special case of bug 137299. So bug 137299 should be fixed first.