Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 28371
undo does not correctly restore the selection
Last modified: 2017-05-20 10:11:39 UTC
Please... - enter any text to a spreadsheet - delete a part of this text using backspace - press undo: The restored text is select, although it was not selected before deleting it. Word correctly does only select the text after undo, if it was selected before deleting. Please do also restore the correct selection (in this case no selection) after undo.
This is an enhancement request for a change of the Selection's behaviour in Writer and not a defect, just because MS does it in a slightly different way...
reassiged to bh
(You may also have a look at issue 28760.)
*** Issue 28760 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
The problem also happens with objects (tested with pictures). This is described in issue 28760.
correction to last comment "tested with pictures" -> "tested with pictures and drawing objects"
All OOo-applications should behave consistently!!! In the here described case writer is the only application that differs from the other applications! So I see this more as bug ...
I agree. "Undo" should restore the status before the action, which includes the selection or absence thereof before the deletion.
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".
I was able to reproduce this with a basic text document. I agree with comments 7 and 8. "Undo" should restore you to the status you were in before the action occurred AND the feature ("Undo") should behave consistently throughout the applications in the suite. Restoring the text with it all highlighted makes it very easy to delete it all by mistake.
restored text is not selected. AOO410m17(Build:9763) - Rev. 1586584 2014-04-11 09:13 - Linux x86_64 Debian