https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159310
Bug ID: 159310
Summary: Serious problem: impossible to enter characters by
Alt+NumericKeypad
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.6.3.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: Windows (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
It is not possible anymore to enter Alt-keycodes due to the newly introduced
Alt+number shorcuts.
For example, Alt+0128 is the keycode for the Euro (€) symbol, but upon
attempting to enter this code, all kind of sidebars appear and switch.
The impossibility to sue the Alt-keycodes renders LibreOffice Writer
practically unusable. Imagine, how many symbols have to be entered (like ½, ®,
±), not mentioning the different accented characters on different languages.
This Insert symbol dialog or copy/paste symbols from elsewhere is extremely
counter-productive, it is for people who rarely use symbols or don't know
anything about Alt-keycodes. Those who used Alt-keycodes for decades, it is a
real headache, how comes that developers of LO aren't aware that such common
functionality is broken... ?
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a new document.
2. Try to enter the an ANSI symbol by typing Alt+numeric-keycode (eg. degree,
Alt+0176)
Actual Results:
Nothing is written, but all kind of dockers appear and switch.
Expected Results:
Enter the desired symbol, like in ALL (practically all) applications on
Windows.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: en-US
Module: TextDocument
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OS: Windows (All)
OS is 64bit: no
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