Created attachment 53098 [details] screenshot of icon and text Problem description: When typing new text after removing highlighted text, the new text is highlighted with the color of the previously removed text (e.g. yellow) although the icon shows 'no fill' Steps to reproduce: 1. highlight some text in aparagraph 2. ensure that the Highlighting icon is 'no fill' 3. remove the highlighted text (leave the paragraph) 4. Go away from the location, return to the location 5. Type new text Current behavior: The new text is highlighted Expected behavior: The new textis not highlighted Platform (if different from the browser): Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1 Iceweasel/7.0.1
I can confirm this as a bug. It's a long-standing one at that. If the current highlight "color" (i.e. yellow, etc, or no-fill) should be used to highlight un-highlighted text and vice versa.
Reproducible in 3.5.2 on Fedora 64 bit, but may be not a bug. "Text color" and "Highlight color" icons not indicate color of text where cursor placed. Only "Paragraph background color" icon indicates. In msWord 2007 the same situation. Current behaviour is reasonable and handy for many users (not all). Some additional functionality may be added, such as color pickers. Sorry if I misunderstand problem with color icons
It took me a few times to actually get it to do what you're saying but I do see the bug. It's not a major issue but it could potentially cause an annoyance for some users. Marking as NEW, setting priority & changing name. Priority: Set to minor as there is an easy solution (just change the fill) but put it to high because it doesn't reflect well on LibreOffice to have the text reflect exactly what the highlight button shows There is really one of two issues here: 1. The highlight color shouldn't actually be no fill if it's going to have a fill color OR 2. The new typed text shouldn't have a fill Either solutions work as they make it so that what is seen in the button for a fill color is actually the same as what is seen when you type.
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Really confusing repro steps, but I guess I confirm this (=highlight icon doesn't indicate anything). Would be cool to see a video from someone who completely understands this. Win 7 Pro 64-bit Version: 4.5.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 07e84cae983c08afdba03018413a19d01abb3006 TinderBox: Win-x86@62-TDF, Branch:MASTER, Time: 2015-01-19_06:15:38
The bug seems to be fixed in 4.3.5.2. Writing between two words, where a highlighted word have been removed before, no longer highlights the new word. Same for writing on a new line after a highlighted region. Thanks for fixing the bug!