Please note that CTRL+c works.

It is not greyed out for me.

What operating system do you use?

Set to NEEDINFO.
Change back to UNCONFIRMED, if the problem persists. Change to RESOLVED WORKSFORME, if the problem went away.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit Version: 4.5.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 784d069cc1d9f1d6e6a4e543a278376ab483d1eb
TinderBox: Win-x86@62-TDF, Branch:MASTER, Time: 2015-01-25_23:07:36

Ubuntu 14.10 64-bit Version: 4.5.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 784d069cc1d9f1d6e6a4e543a278376ab483d1eb
TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@46-TDF-dbg, Branch:master, Time: 2015-01-25_23:58:40

(In reply to Beluga from comment #2)
> It is not greyed out for me.

I just have tried master~2015-01-29_23.44.46_LibreOfficeDev_4.5.0.0.alpha0_Win_x86_en-US_de_ar_ja_ru_qtz.msi


This build is NOT able to select the rendered formula or parts of it. Instead this build has old StarOffice behavior where is is only possible to click elements of the formula to navigate to the corresponding part of the formula description language.

So I think you were talking about the menus when selecting parts of the formula description language.

Pleas look at my screen shot of 4.4.0.3. There it is possible to select parts of the rendered formula and there is no Copy item in the context menu.


So we have two problems here:

1.
LibreOffice 4 branch has a new feature where it is possible to select parts of the rendered formula. This feature is missing copy items.

2.
This functions has never founds it's way into 4.5 MASTER. Do we need an additional bug report for it?

Created attachment 112970 [details]
LibreOffice 4.4.0.3 Math.png

Importance set to HIGH because actually we loose functionality with LibO 4.5.

Ok, confirmed with your clarified instructions.
Yeah, I guess you should create a separate report for problem no. 2 and reference it here.

OK.

THIS issue shall now address problem 1.

Problem 2 is now Bug 88975.

With core LibreOffice install there is no GUI selection capability within the rendered Formula--some missing extension perhaps?

Seeting NEEDINFO, see bug 88975#c2

(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #8)
> With core LibreOffice install there is no GUI selection capability within
> the rendered Formula--some missing extension perhaps?
> 
> Seeting NEEDINFO, see bug 88975#c2

Guys, I am a advanced user and experienced bug reporter since a very long time of the StarOffice derivatives.

I find the advanced formula editor functions (select / CTRL+v / CTRL+v) for the first time in the following final installer:

LibreOffice_4.4.0_Win_x86.msi
+ LibreOffice_4.4.0_Win_x86_helppack_de.msi

I will attach a short video where you can see the feature in action as well as the about dialog and the extension manager.

Created attachment 113018 [details]
clip0006.avi

Typo, correct is:
(select / CTRL+c / CTRL+v)

Additional info:

The functions is also included in the release candidates of 4.4.

I see, the key information is: select by clicking next to the elements and dragging, do not click *on* the elements. I confirm that this works in 4.4, but not in 4.5.

Sorry for the noise: I also confirm that Edit - Copy is greyed out in 4.4.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit, LibO Version: 4.4.0.3
Build ID: de093506bcdc5fafd9023ee680b8c60e3e0645d7

Actual situation:
Context menu is missing: Copy, Paste and Cut items.
Edit menu has greyed out Copy, Paste and Cut items.

Solution:
- Add Copy, Paste and Cut items to context menu.
- Enable currently greyed out Copy, Paste and Cut items inn the Edit menu.

The "Visual formula editor" remains an "Experimental" feature. It must be toggled on by enabling experimental features.

Tools -> Options -> Advanced: Optional (unstable) options
  "Enable experimental features" ceckbox

Once activated, formula manipulation in the visual window works.

Confirming the lack of Cut and Copy action buttons from the context menu presented when formula elements are selected with mouse. There is a Paste button that accesses the LibreOffice/system clipboard.

The normal clipboard accelerators are provided within Visual formula editor:

<Ctrl>+x  -- cut
<Ctrl>+c  -- copy
<Ctrl>+v  -- paste

However, there does not seem to be linkage between the system clipboard and the Visual formula editor's clipboard. The Paste button will not paste a Visual formula editor clip/copy!

When not in the experimental Visual formula editor mode, individual elements selected with the formula cursor in the formula window, or multiple elements in the formula command windows can be cut, copied and pasted with system clipboard.

@Tomaž (or Jonas) assume that is the state of things, is there anything further to be added to what is needed?

Seems we've had the Visual formula editor--with its isolated clipboard--stuck as an experimental feature since the initial 3.3.0 release

LibreOffice 3.3.0 
OOO330m19 (Build:6)
tag libreoffice-3.3.0.4

Resetting version.

After having this issue fixed... what prevents us from removing the Visual formula editor's "experimental" state?

According to some quick and dirty tests, it seems to work! In case if it still has some issues, they will will be revealed after this feature is not "hidden" anymore and used by more people.

(In reply to OfficeUser from comment #18)
> After having this issue fixed... what prevents us from removing the Visual
> formula editor's "experimental" state?
> 
> According to some quick and dirty tests, it seems to work! In case if it
> still has some issues, they will will be revealed after this feature is not
> "hidden" anymore and used by more people.

Probably nothing... but that is an issue for the ESC.

Unfortunately it looks like there remains a lot of work still to be done other than making this connection to the general system clipboard.  Here is Jonas' list as of mid-2013.

http://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/starmath/visual-editor-todo

Some folks have poked at its pieces, but no dev since Jonas' initial GSoC work in 2010 has really dug in to move the Visual formula editor along.

still repro in

Версия: 6.1.0.1 (x64)
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