When using Libre Office's word processor, Write, I have found (for years) that when I highlight then, delete a word or words, it does the delete, but also leaves an extra blank space behind. This then, necessitates my having to delete the space the program left before I can continue typing. Annoying.
OSX 10.9.4, LO 4.3.1RC1 confirmed NEW, OS > ALL. LO actually does what we tell it to (remove the word) and since there is a space in front of the word and afterwards, after the word is gone, two spaces are left. While this is somewhat logical, it's very unpractical. Word does select the space behind the word, if you double click the word. LO behaves differently and indeed only selects the word, resulting in the behavior described in this bugs description.
Created attachment 104770 [details] MS Office Word, when word is double clicked
This is correct, reason being we often will apply DF or character styling to the selection made--we do not want to include the bounding space (of any flavor, 2-click word selection is made ICU word bounds). Once a word is selected, LO provides simple <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<R,L cursor> will extend selection at word bounds. This dual mode is far more useful, than a selection including the space. IMHO => WF
Agree with Stuart. While it makes sense for the deletion use case we do not want the extra space in case of formatting.