[Issue 125383] Doing an undo on a paste in a bullet list causes the whole bullet item to be highlighted

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https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125383

Peter Wright <pe...@tcd.ie> changed:

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OpenOffice Writer 4.1.2
AOO412m3(Build:9782) - Rev. 1709696
Dell XPS13 16gb RAM
Windows 8

Scope of bug

The above bug was reproduced. Other ways in which this may impact upon the
experience of some users have been identified. The bug affects lists of length
one or more and occurs when text is copied, pasted and ctrl+z'd (or the same
actions are carried out using the user interface) from the same bullet point or
between more than one bullet point. The tests listed below specify the use of
keyboard shortcuts but the UI or a combination of the two may be used for
identical results.
The bug occurs in numbered lists and in a mix of numbered and bullet pointed
lists and lists that have been indented. It also occurs in all of the
previously mentioned scenarios where instead of using an .odt file a .docx file
created in Microsoft Word is opened in Writer.
It would appear that this issue affects any file type that Writer can open but
this has not been fully tested.

Potential issues

One issue that results from the bug is that once the text associated with the
bullet point or numbered list entry has been highlighted any other action then
using the mouse to place the cursor or arrow key results in the block of
highlighted text being deleted. For a user familiar with Writer or a similar
word processing software this may not be too big an issue but for a novice user
this deletion of text could be quite distressing and may lead the user to
believe that the test has been permanently lost.
Given that the potential number of users who this may apply to and the fact
that the deleted text is so easily recovered I would not recommend that the
bugs severity be changed.
This replacement or deletion of highlighted text is existing functionality that
works as it should. This is not the bug. The bug is the highlighting of all
text in a bullet or numbered list when a paste action is followed by an undo
action.

Follow-up tests

It would appear that this issue affects any file type that Writer can open but
this has not been fully tested. Further tests may investigate the possibility
that some file types are unaffected. Tests which include files and file types
from Libre and Mac packages could be tested.
Earlier versions of Writer could be tested to see how long this issue has been
present in Writer.
The initial report states that all hardware configurations have been tested. It
may be possible that some of the more unusual configurations may not have been
fully tested making them possible avenues for further investigation.

Scenarios one to six

the following scenarios seek to broaden the scope of the issue. All given tests
result in the bug.


Scenario 1. Bullet pointed list.

1.    Open OpenOffice Writer.
2.    Create a bullet pointed list of length one.
3.    Type some text. Must be over two characters long.
4.    Copy a section of the text.
5.    Paste the copied section of text in to the existing text associated with
the bullet point. It makes no difference to the outcome if keyboard shortcuts
or mouse commands are used.
6.    Once the text has been pasted type ctrl+z.
7.    The bug is shown. The text just pasted is removed but the entire section
of text associated with the bullet point is highlighted.
8.    Using any other keys than the arrow keys or a mouse click to place the
cursor results in the loss of all text (may be reinstated by pressing ctrl+z).

The following test cases illustrate that the bug also applies to .docx
documents opened in Writer and bulleted pointed lists, numeric lists and lists
containing bullet points and numbers.

Scenario 2. Bullet pointed list from .docx document created in Microsoft Word
(Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus).

1.    Create a .docx document in Microsoft Word using step 2 from scenario 1.
2.    Open .docx document in OpenOffice Writer.
3.    Copy a section of the text.
4.    Paste the copied section of text in to the existing text associated with
the bullet point. It makes no difference to the outcome if keyboard shortcuts
or mouse commands are used.
5.    Once the text has been pasted type ctrl+z.
6.    The bug is shown. The text just pasted is removed but the entire section
of text associated with the bullet point is highlighted.

Scenario 3. Numbered list from .docx document created in Microsoft Word
(Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus) or created in Writer.

1.    Create a .docx document using step 2, scenario 1 using numbered list
instead of bullet points.
2.    Open .docx document in OpenOffice Writer.
3.    Copy a section of the text.
4.    Paste the copied section of text in to the existing text associated with
the bullet point. It makes no difference to the outcome if keyboard shortcuts,
UI or mouse commands are used.
5.    Once the text has been pasted type ctrl+z.
6.    The bug is shown. The text just pasted is removed but the entire section
of text associated with the bullet point is highlighted.

Scenario 4. Numbered and bullet pointed list from .docx document created in
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus) or created in Writer.

1.    Create a .docx document using step 2, scenario 1 using a numbered and
bullet pointed list instead of bullet points.
2.    Open .docx document in OpenOffice Writer.
3.    Copy a section of the text.
4.    Paste the copied section of text in to the existing text associated with
the bullet point. It makes no difference to the outcome if keyboard shortcuts
or mouse commands are used.
5.    Once the text has been pasted type ctrl+z.
6.    The bug is shown. The text just pasted is removed but the entire section
of text associated with the bullet point is highlighted.

Scenario 5. Numbered and bullet pointed list with indentation from .docx
document created in Microsoft Word (Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus).

1.    Create a .docx document using step 2, scenario 1 using a numbered and
bullet pointed list. Indent a number of the numbered and bullet pointed list
entries.
2.    Open .docx document in OpenOffice Writer.
3.    Copy a section of the text.
4.    Paste the copied section of text in to the existing text associated with
the bullet point. It makes no difference to the outcome if keyboard shortcuts
or mouse commands are used.
5.    Once the text has been pasted type ctrl+z.
6.    The bug is shown. The text just pasted is removed but the entire section
of text associated with the bullet point is highlighted.

Scenario 6. Numbered and bullet pointed list with multiple levels of
indentation from .docx document created in Microsoft Word (Microsoft Office 365
ProPlus).

1.    Create a .docx document using step 2, scenario 1 using a numbered and
bullet pointed list. Indent a number of the numbered and bullet pointed list
entries at 3 levels of indentation (test at multiple levels of indentation if
you like).
2.    Open .docx document in OpenOffice Writer.
3.    Copy a section of the text.
4.    Paste the copied section of text in to the existing text associated with
the bullet point. It makes no difference to the outcome if keyboard shortcuts,
UI or mouse commands are used.
5.    Once the text has been pasted type ctrl+z.
6.    The bug is shown. The text just pasted is removed but the entire section
of text associated with the bullet point is highlighted.

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