I can reliably reproduce the issue with libreoffice 6.0.3.2 on bionic, and with the 6.1.1.2 snap on cosmic.
This appears to be already reported upstream as https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65563. ** Bug watch added: Document Foundation Bugzilla #65563 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65563 ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Also affects: df-libreoffice via https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65563 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1793130 Title: Wrong alignment while typing RTL text in Calc cell Status in LibreOffice: Unknown Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Calc normally aligns text cells to the right or to the left based on the directionality of the first character of the cell (left-alignment with English and right-alignment with Arabic). Unfortunately, this assignment happens only when the user has finished typing and pressed Enter. While typing, all text cells are aligned to the left, while for example numbers are automatically aligned to the right even in the typing phase. The same thing happens even when I’m modifying a text cell which was already automatically aligned to the right: as soon as I double-click on the cell, the text jumps to the left edge of the cell, and then I need to visually relocate the exact place I wanted to modify. As a user, I would expect cells with an RTL character in the beginning to get aligned to the right already while the user is typing. This is what happens with many other programs, too, such as Firefox when filling out an HTML form. See the attached screenshot from Calc for an example. Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release: 18.04 Installed: 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://mr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: libreoffice-calc 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Sep 18 11:44:23 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-13 (582 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=C SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-31 (109 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/1793130/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
