Bug 93214 - Tab Replaced with Periods in TOC
Summary: Tab Replaced with Periods in TOC
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.4.3.2 release
Hardware: All All
: low minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2015-08-06 20:20 UTC by Joel Madero
Modified: 2017-12-25 18:02 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
Demonstration of Bug (11.08 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2015-08-06 20:20 UTC, Joel Madero
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Description Joel Madero 2015-08-06 20:20:47 UTC
Created attachment 117725 [details]
Demonstration of Bug

Ubuntu 15.04 x64
LibreOffice 4.4.2.1 (also confirmed on 5.0) - probably inherited from OOo but not confirmed

Description:
If you use a tab in a heading and then make an automatic TOC, the TOC gets completely screwed up:
1) It seems like text to the right of the tab gets "right justified";
2) Lots of periods get placed in the entry (between the text to the left and right of the tab)

Workaround is possible but it's not perfect:
1) allow manual changes to table;
2) Delete periods between the text to the left and right of the tab;
3) Add spaces to "mimic a tab"

Two ways to reproduce:
1) Open writer;
2) Select Heading 1 style from sidebar dropdown;
3) Write "test";
4) Push tab
5) Write "another test"
6) Insert ToC
a) On 4.4 Insert -> Indexes and Tables -> Indexes and Tables -> Ok on dialog

Observed: Tab is replaced with a lot of periods;
Expected: Tab is treated like a tab

Another way:
Do steps 1-3
4) Insert the table but allow manual changes
a) On 4.4 Insert -> Indexes and Tables -> Indexes and Tables - uncheck "Protected Against Manual Changes" -> OK
5) Manually click into the ToC entry ("test"), place cursor at the end of "test" and push tab

Observed: Same bad behavior, tab replaced with a ton of periods
Expected: You get just a tab


Marking as:
Minor - there is a workaround;
Low - default for
Comment 1 Buovjaga 2015-08-14 17:03:30 UTC
Reproduced.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit, Version: 5.0.0.5 (32-bit)
Build ID: 1b1a90865e348b492231e1c451437d7a15bb262b
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI)
Comment 2 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2015-12-13 11:20:41 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2017-01-03 19:48:51 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 Timur 2017-12-25 18:02:36 UTC
No repro with 5.3.7 and 6.1+.