Problem description: After selecting a text color from the toolbar icon I attempted to apply that color to a line of text. I tried both preselecting then clicking on the icon and also not preselecting then draging the (paintbrush) cursor over the text. Both fail. Also tried to change font color in FORMAT menu item. Works fine in calc. Vista x64 Steps to reproduce: 1. select text color 2. apply to text 3. .... Current behavior: does not apply selected color to text Expected behavior: text should become the selected color. Operating System: Windows (other) Version: 4.2.5.2 release
If you just click on the icon the default color is black so this won't change anything. You have to do the little arrow next to the font color to drop down and select a different color than the default. I just tested on: Windows 8.1 & Windows 7 LibreOffice 4.2.5.2 Both worked fine. Oh - and the paintbrush cursor is not the right icon to select, you have to select the one with the a and a color under it (there are three in a row with colors, hovor over the button and it reads "Font Color." Paintbrush is an entirely different tool Closing as WORKSFORME Further questions should be directed to ask site or user list unless you are doing the following steps: 1. Highlight word 2. Do font color drop down (the arrow to the right of the square button on the icon that says "Font Color" when you hover over it) 3. Select a color If you do these steps and you aren't seeing a change - open as UNCONFIRMED again and I'll try to find an additional tester. Thanks
Joel, thanks for your comments. I do click on the icon to select a color and the icon changes to the selected color. I used the term 'paintbrush' and should have said that the cursor is an image of a paint can pouring paint which I drag across the text. I repeated this test this morning with the same result. Although this same procedure works in Calc, it does not work for me with Writer. Again I am using Vista x64 but that should not make any difference.
I just discovered that the font color does not appear on the screen but appears correctly when printed. Bug or by design? Strange behavior since the text background icon color change does appear on screen as well as on the printed page.
@Richard - what is the background color of the page? I know of a bug with high contract (black) backgrounds in LibreOffice + font color
Both the highlight and background colors are the default, white.
Another test - sorry I just can't confirm this one: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile Also you mind attaching a document that shows the black text when you've changed the color on it (and thus it prints correctly?)
Created attachment 103603 [details] attachment-26383-0.html Please see attached files. Dick Blaine Cupertino, CA On 7/27/2014 9:27 AM, bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org wrote: > > *Comment # 6 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81654#c6> > on bug 81654 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81654> from > Joel Madero <mailto:jmadero.dev@gmail.com> * > Another test - sorry I just can't confirm this one: > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile > > Also you mind attaching a document that shows the black text when you've > changed the color on it (and thus it prints correctly?) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > You are receiving this mail because: > > * You reported the bug. >
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Win 8.1, LO 4.3.0.3 cannot confirm. Text is showing correctly. 1. Is this bug still valid / reproducible with the latest LO release? 4.3RC4: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/ 2. Please also try resetting your user profile and let us know if that helps: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile Should this be still reproducible for you with the latest LO release please set this bug back to UNCONFIRMED. Should this issue be solved set it to WORKSFORME. Setting to NEEDINFO until more detail is provided.
Hi Richard, Could you please go to Tools->Options...->LibreOffice->Accessibility, and make sure you don't have 'Use automatic font color for screen display' checked?
Yes, that was the problem. After un-checking the 'Use automatic font color for screen display' option, font colors for text are now displaying on the screen. I am not sure if that setting is the default or I selected it for some reason. Many thanks for following thru with this. It must have taken a lot of time and trouble on your part to resolve my issue and I am grateful. Dick Blaine Cupertino, CA On 7/29/2014 12:32 AM, bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org wrote: > Maxim Monastirsky <mailto:momonasmon@gmail.com> changed bug 81654 > <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81654> > What Removed Added > CC momonasmon@gmail.com > > *Comment # 12 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81654#c12> > on bug 81654 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81654> from > Maxim Monastirsky <mailto:momonasmon@gmail.com> * > Hi Richard, > > Could you please go to Tools->Options...->LibreOffice->Accessibility, and make > sure you don't have 'Use automatic font color for screen display' checked? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > You are receiving this mail because: > > * You reported the bug. >