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

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

          Issue ID: 125383
        Issue Type: DEFECT
           Summary: Doing an undo on a paste in a bullet list causes the
                    whole bullet item to be highlighted
           Product: Writer
           Version: 4.1.0
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: formatting
          Assignee: issues@openoffice.apache.org
          Reporter: jonathan.gitlin@gmail.com

Use the following steps to reproduce:

1. Open a new Writer doc
2. Start a new bullet list with either the button on the formatting bar or by
pressing Shift-F12.
3. Type several words of text.  It doesn't matter what the words are.
4. Highlight a word (any word) from any portion of the text you typed in step
#3 and press Ctrl-c to copy it to the clipboard.
5. Move the cursor to somewhere in the middle of two words in the text from
step #3 (it really doesn't matter where the cursor is, but having it between
two words in the bullet item really illustrates why the resulting behavior is
wrong)
6. Press Ctrl-v to paste the copied text from the clipboard
7. Now press Ctrl-Z to undo the paste operation
8. The paste operation is undone, but instead of having the cursor right back
where it was prior to the paste operation in step #6, the entire bullet item is
now highlighted.

This is the problem.  The undo operation should leave the cursor, highlighting
state, and text just as it was prior to the paste operation.  Instead, the
entire bullet item is highlighted and the user must move the cursor around to
get it back to where it was prior to the paste.

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[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://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125383

sgromack <sh...@progressive.com> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from sgromack <sh...@progressive.com> ---
I was also able to reproduce the original issue following the steps and Writer
version outlined for copy of a word in between other words in a bullet list.

Trying a few more tests I discovered the following:

1. Used menu bar and right click for copy/paste/undo = same result as using
CTRL 
2. Copied word to the end/beginning of the bullet = issue
3. Selected all bullets to copy and create a new bullet list = no issue
4. Copied entire bullet list to a new bullet list = no issue
5. Copied a word from a bullet list to a sentence without a bullet = no issue
6. Copied non bullet text to non-bullet text = no issue

Conclusion: This issue only occurs while copying a word to another bullet where
the cursor is placed at the beginning/end/in middle of a bullet line. 

Although this is a bug, most users copy text (without bullets) or copy an
entire bullet to another area with new bullets.  The bug does not occur in this
scenarios.  Therefore it should be a low impact to user experience.

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[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://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125383

--- Comment #3 from jonathan.gitlin@gmail.com ---
A comment about impact of this bug on users.  

First off, this bug also occurs in numbered lists, not just in bulleted lists,
which leads right into the second point: in law firms, the vast majority of the
use of OOW is to write pleadings and other documents that are filed with
courts.  

The courts (both state and federal) all require the paragraphs to be numbered. 
Thus when preparing documents in OOW for submission to a court, all of the
paragraphs in the document become a part of a numbered list.  

Thus this bug shows up on a *daily basis* among lawyers, paralegals, and
secretaries using OOW, who encounter it on every single document they prepare
or edit for a court.  

And when the bug occurs, it throws off the users because (1) the numbered items
in their numbered lists are often times large paragraphs consisting of numerous
sentences and thus this bug causes them to have to hunt down their previous
position in a multi-line multi-sentence paragraph causing a material disruption
in their work flow, and (2) these users have been trained on other word
processing programs and complain that this isn't the behavior of other word
processing programs and is counterintuitive.

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

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Strahinja Markovic <sm...@my.fit.edu> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Strahinja Markovic <sm...@my.fit.edu> ---
I was able to replicate this bug in OpenOffice V4.1.1 on Windows 7 64bit home
edition.

Steps I did were:
1: Start Writer.
2: Create new doc.
3: Pressed shift+f12 to create new bullet list.
4: I typed "first line" then I hit Enter, "second line" then I hit Enter,
"Third line".
5: I highlighted second line and pressed CTRL+c.
6: I put cursor on the end of third line.
7: pressed CTRL+V to paste.
8: I pressed CTRL+Z to Undo paste.

Result was that the whole third line was selected.

Although I was able to reproduce this bug,I don't think this bug will damage
user experience.
Most of the users wouldn't even notice that this is bug.

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