Bug 97217 - Renaming or creating fields in base not working
Summary: Renaming or creating fields in base not working
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Base (show other bugs)
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4.4.7.2 release
Hardware: All All
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Reported: 2016-01-17 21:30 UTC by Mark Loeb
Modified: 2016-10-23 17:00 UTC (History)
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Description Mark Loeb 2016-01-17 21:30:13 UTC 
WHen I try to rename or add a field only the first letter is saved. The rest is blank.  I can click on the field and add one more letter each time I click on it.

Example- to add "media" - if I type in "media" only "M" shows in fieldname.  I can click on that and add "e", then click on "Me" and add "d" and so forth.
Comment 1 Alex Thurgood 2016-01-19 11:24:30 UTC 
No repro with 

Version: 4.4.7.2
Build ID: f3153a8b245191196a4b6b9abd1d0da16eead600
Locale: fr.UTF-8

OSX 10.11.2

I created a table using the wizard, chose Tasks from the default list of business tables. Saved the table.

Opened the table for editing the table definition (rigth mouse button click - edit). I select any field and can overwrite or add to existing string of characters, these changes are saved when I either change field, or click on the Save icon.

I would :
1) try renaming your user profile and restarting LO to see if that makes any difference.
2) try installing a JDK rather than a JRE, if you don't already have one.

Please report back here with your findings.

Also, it would be handy to have a test file which displays the problems you are experiencing, unless you encounter the problems with all of your files.

Setting NEEDINFO
Comment 2 Rpnpif 2016-04-14 09:52:58 UTC 
In can confirm this bug on other OS.
This issue I saw, is only in the table creation table in 5.1.2.2 and earlier release.
Comment 3 Rpnpif 2016-04-14 09:56:41 UTC 
Sorry for typos.

I can confirm this bug in Linux Debian.
This issue I saw, is only in the table creation wizard in 5.1.2.2 and earlier releases.
Comment 4 Robert Großkopf 2016-10-23 17:00:02 UTC 
(In reply to Rpnpif from comment #3)
> Sorry for typos.
> 
> I can confirm this bug in Linux Debian.
> This issue I saw, is only in the table creation wizard in 5.1.2.2 and
> earlier releases.

So could be the bug has gone?
I have tried to reproduce the bug with LO 5.2.2.2 on OpenSUSE 42.1 64bit rpm Linux. Changed a fieldname while creating a table with the wizard - works. Added a field and changed the name - works also.
Dis the same with 4.4.7.2 and couldn't edit a field, couldn't rename a new field with wizard. First version, where the bug doesn't appear here, is LO 5.1.4.2. Last version with this bug is LO 4.1.3.2.

I will set this bug to Resolved and Worksforme. Feel free to reopen, if the bug appears for you in a version of LO, where bugs would be fixed: LO 5.1, LO 5.2 ...