libreoffice calc, backspace does not delete text in fields and dialogs

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#1

I have an annoyance I noticed while using libreoffice calc. When I delete text in say the Name Box field it does not actually delete the text from view. It makes it hard because what you type types over the letters/numbers already there. The Name Box field works, however. I can backspace in the field then type A1:A5 and it will select A1-A5. But its hard to read when typing because it just types over what’s there. I upgraded to the latest version in Libreoffice:4.4 repo --version 4.4.5.2-- to see if it corrected it. It did not. Don’t have this problem in any other programs…might be in all of libreoffice programs, but I’ve only noticed it in libreoffice-calc

Thanks for any ideas. Might try the 5.0.2.1 version in Libreoffice:Factory

#2

upgraded to libreoffice:factory repo --version 5.0.2.1.0. Still the same problem. Wondering if it’s a dependency of it that is causing the issue.

#3

I’ve got some other rendering issues in LO5 myself.
Try this workaround:

SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen loffice"

and tell us please, if it helps. Instead of “gen” you could also try “gtk2”; it looks better.

Hendrik

#4

Thanks for your time Hendrik

I opened up a terminal (konsole) and typed

SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN="gen loffice"
libreoffice

In libreoffice, chose spreadsheet and checked the Name Box, still didn’t delete contents away from view

I tried

SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN="gtk2 loffice"

as well as

SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN="gtk3 loffice"

neither had any impact on the Name Box.
However, I just found out that resizing the window deletes the previous contents from view. Not a great workaround (resizing every time) but better than what I originally had.
Have any more workarounds I can try for this problem? Oh and just to clarify, this problem is in 4.3.7.2, 4.4.5.2 and 5.0.2.1

#5

Sorry for my typos, but try it without quotation mark(s):

 SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen loffice

and maybe with “gtk” instead of “gtk2”.

That resizing solves this problem, indicates, that it is the one for my workaround.

See
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=941035
and
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93194

Hendrik

#6

sorry took so long to reply. I used gen and it worked, but sure is ugly. gtk and gtk2 did not work. kde4, however, is my favorite. Thank you for your help

this works great:

#>SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=kde4 loffice

I should have figured out that loffice was the command and not part of the value of SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN. oops