To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=93327 Issue #|93327 Summary|insertion point & highlighting sometimes invisible Component|Word processor Version|OOo 2.4.0 Platform|PC URL| OS/Version|Linux Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P2 Subcomponent|editing Assigned to|mru Reported by|nicklevinson
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Sep 1 10:40:52 +0000 2008 ------- The disappearing insertion point and the disappearing highlight are annoying and seem to serve no useful purpose. For example, if I have a normal insertion point, fully visible, in a Writer Text Encoded document, go work in a browser for a while, and come back to the document, I often can't see where the insertion point is anymore, even if I remember exactly where it is. If I recall its exact location, I can type new text and it will appear there and push subsequent text forward but still the (now moving) insertion point remains invisible. I may apply Select All via ctrl-a but no highlighting is visible, although the text is. In order to see the insertion point or highlighting, I have to click anew, which causes the insertion point or highlighting to become briefly visible and then be replaced by the effect of the new click, namely the creation of a new insertion point. Thus it creates a risk if text is invisibly highlighted and the user types something intending to add and instead it replaces everything. I assume the problem is an artifact of something else and not an intentional feature, and it occurred in OOo 2.0 Beta, too, but it should come out. It would be particularly insidious if the user is new to computers and learning word processing. Explaining the disappearing highlight or insertion point and still teach how to use the system would be a challenge. The problem is intermittent and, beyond switching windows, working, and coming back, I have not identified all the conditions under which it's consistent. I don't have the problem with non-OOo applications. I hardly ever use non-Writer OOo applications. I don't often use OOo Writer 1.1.5 on Win98SE but, as little as I use it, I've had it a long time and don't recall the problem there. I'm using OOo Writer 2.4.0 without Java Runtime Environment on Linux Fedora Core 4 with the Gnome 2.10.0 desktop on a Pentium 4 laptop, a Dell Latitude C840. I didn't see a solution to this problem. Thanks. -- Nick --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
