Bug 99259 - Cursor being wrongly displayed
Summary: Cursor being wrongly displayed
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: graphics stack (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
5.1.2.2 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Mouse-Cursor
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Reported: 2016-04-13 04:16 UTC by Roberto
Modified: 2025-11-09 15:44 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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An example of how the cursor behaves in this LO version (3.50 KB, image/png)
2016-04-13 04:16 UTC, Roberto
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Description Roberto 2016-04-13 04:16:59 UTC
Created attachment 124293 [details]
An example of how the cursor behaves in this LO version

When I type a text in Writer, Calc, Math or Impress (I didn't test in Base), and move the cursor back, a 'blinking' black box appears instead of a 'normal' cursor (see the attached screenshot). This makes extremely hard to type any additional text (you can't see where the cursor actually is located, you can't see which characters are actually being entered when you type, or if you make a mistake when typing, and so on).

This bug appeared after LibreOffice was upgraded to version 5.1.2.2

LO Version: 5.1.2.2.0+
Compilation ID: 5.1.2.2 Arch Linux build-1
OS: Antergos (Arch Linux based distro), 64 bits.
Comment 1 Ioan Loosley 2016-04-14 07:03:48 UTC
Roberto, Could you also include your system info to see if this is related to hardware.

This issue exists also on my Antergos installation, and persisted after turning off hardware acceleration. I will check the windows and ubuntu versions to see if this issues has arouse from either Antergos or arch's packaging.

Processer: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5200U CPU
Graphics: Intel's integrated graphics
Comment 2 raal 2016-04-14 15:00:28 UTC
Have you tested the options for the graphics card in Menu/Tools/LibreOffice/View?
Disabling the OpenGL
Comment 3 Roberto 2016-04-15 03:29:53 UTC
1. About hardware (processor) info: 
a) Processor: Intel(R) Celeron (R) N2840
b) Graphics: Intel(R) HD Graphics (intergated)

2. About testing the options for the graphics card in Menu/Tools/LibreOffice/View:
a) I have unmarked both checkboxes under 'Graphics output', restarted LibreOffice and tested: the issue is still there.

Regards.
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2016-04-26 09:51:54 UTC
NEW per comment 1.
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Comment 9 Roman Kuznetsov 2025-11-09 11:09:35 UTC
I never seen it on Linux since 7.0, Ilmari, you use Arch Linux, could you retest it?
Comment 10 Buovjaga 2025-11-09 15:44:19 UTC
(In reply to Roman Kuznetsov from comment #9)
> I never seen it on Linux since 7.0, Ilmari, you use Arch Linux, could you
> retest it?

I can't, because I've never seen it. Let's set to needinfo as it's been almost 10 years.