40036 – U+202E Right-to-Left Override does not display properly

Bug 40036 - U+202E Right-to-Left Override does not display properly

Summary: U+202E Right-to-Left Override does not display properly

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 107204

Alias:	None

Product:	LibreOffice
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	UI (show other bugs)
Version: (earliest affected)	3.3.2 release
Hardware:	x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)

Importance:	medium normal
Assignee:	Not Assigned

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Blocks:	RTL-CTL
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Reported:	2011-08-12 03:14 UTC by phayanaaro
Modified:	2017-10-20 22:06 UTC (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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A file displaying the problem. (12.70 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text) 2011-08-12 03:14 UTC, phayanaaro	Details
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Description phayanaaro 2011-08-12 03:14:22 UTC

Created attachment 50155 [details]
A file displaying the problem.

The Unicode character U+202E Right-to-Left Override (RLO) should force all text following it to be displayed right-to-left, overriding the normal direction of the script.  Instead, in Writer, Calc, Impress, and Draw, U+202E has no effect on the direction of text and, depending on the font, may display as a box instead of an invisible control character.

Steps to Reproduce:

1) Open any LibreOffice program.
2) Enter the character U+202E (Unicode direct input varies by OS, but Ctrl+Shift+u,202e,return works on most Linux distros).
3) Type in any left-to-right script.
3a) Note that this bug does not appear if a right-to-left script has previously been typed on the same line.

Actual behavior:
Input appears as normal.  U+202E may display as a box.

Expected behavior:
Characters should be displayed from right to left.

Documented in:
LibreOffice 3.3.2 (1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 from the Ubuntu repository, x64)
LibreOffice 3.3.3 (Fedora)
OpenOffice 3.3 (Windows 7 SP1 x64, 32-bit program)

Comment 1 phayanaaro 2011-08-12 03:22:52 UTC

While switching the paragraph direction to RTL without using an RTL script also enables Right-to-Left Override, the font (by either method) is changed to the default CTL font.

Comment 2 Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2011-08-12 23:46:39 UTC

I see the effect with "LibreOffice 3.4.2  - WIN7  Home Premium (64bit) German UI [OOO340m1 (Build:203)]" , also Master and OOo 3.4., but my knowledge is too poor for any conclusion

Comment 3 Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2012-02-26 02:09:58 UTC

@Urmas:
Please leave some information concerning your observations, OS, LibO version, reasons why you confirm that it's a bug, ...

Comment 4 sasha.libreoffice 2012-03-01 06:27:09 UTC

Please, verify if in last version of LibreOffice still reproducible

Comment 5 retired 2013-05-03 21:49:14 UTC

Setting to INVALID, since no further feedback has been provided for over a year.

Comment 6 Urmas 2013-05-04 21:09:33 UTC

The issue is that RLO has no effect unless there are some RTL characters anywhere in the paragraph. There is no justification for this behavior.

Comment 7 Joel Madero 2014-11-06 21:56:23 UTC

I don't see a confirmation in the comments. Urmas if you've confirmed please set the bug to NEW - else moving this to UNCONFIRMED for independent confirmation. Thanks all.

Comment 8 Urmas 2014-11-07 01:00:14 UTC

That still happens in 4.4 master, at least on Windows.

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Comment 10 amirimobile 2016-09-20 13:10:56 UTC

Bug is still present on my system:

Debian Linux
Version: 5.2.1.2
Build ID: 1:5.2.1-2

Comment 11 Xisco Faulí 2017-09-29 08:53:35 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)