https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158706
--- Comment #2 from Allan Macdonald <[email protected]> --- (In reply to ajlittoz from comment #1) > Works as expected in 7.6.4.1 under Fedora, KDE Plasma desktop I will need to install this version temporarily on one of my machines and report back. However, the issue does occur with 7.3.7.2 and 7.4.7.2 on 2 different OSs. > > The attached sample in > https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/copying-into-a-new-row-disregards-bold- > formatting/95201/8 is totally direct formatted. > > Perhaps the real document inside which the problem initially appeared has > also some character style which becomes visible after removal of some direct > formatting. The "real document" posted to the referenced ask topic was created from scratch (new document) and was not derived from some other document. > > My opinion is that tools like "Clone Formatting" are tools which postpone > the switch to styling because they offer services to keep on with Word-like > formatting instead of studying the founding principles in Writer. > > So NOTABUG or NEEDINFO for more context on the real case. Are you suggesting that utilizing "direct formatting" is somehow incorrect usage of the software? Further info: ============= I have since discovered that the bold format can be removed by holding down ctrl while selecting the target text. However, this merely indicates that the meaning of "paragraph" vs. "character" attributes seems to be confused. In the example document, "bold" is a character level attribute. The operation I observe, however, seems to be opposite what is expected in this help topic: https://help.libreoffice.org/6.1/he/text/shared/guide/paintbrush.html So, following the letter of the help topic, if, in the referenced document, I select 2 characters in the first line, (character level selection), which are "regular" (i.e. non-bold), then click the clone formatting tool, then click-drag just 2 characters in the second line (whose characters are bolded but otherwise based on the default style), I should expect these 2 characters to have the bold attribute removed. I should not have to press ctrl because the formatting was character formatting in both the source and target text. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
