[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 88474] EDITING: Selection Mode is Reset to ‘Standard selection’ with Esc

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88474

Robinson Tryon (qubit) <qubit@runcibility.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
                 CC|                            |libreoffice-ux-advise@lists
                   |                            |.freedesktop.org,
                   |                            |qubit@runcibility.com
          Component|Writer                      |ux-advise
           Hardware|Other                       |All
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
                 OS|Windows (All)               |All

--- Comment #1 from Robinson Tryon (qubit) <qubit@runcibility.com> ---
TESTING with LO 4.4.0.2 + Ubuntu 14.04

(In reply to Harald Koester from comment #0)
> In order to reproduce the bug:
>
> [1] Open new text document. 
> [2] In the status bar select a selection mode which is not the ‘Standard
> selection’.

For those who don't use selection modes, here's some info:
https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Selection_Mode

> [3] Insert some text. 
> [4] Select some text with the selected selection mode. 
> [5] Suppose your selection is not correct and you like to make a new
> selection: Delete selection with ‘Esc’. The selection is deleted and the
> selection mode is reset to ‘Standard selection’. Expected: Selection mode
> should not change.

I can reproduce the behavior, but I'm not sure that it's a bug. I'll hand this
to UX for their input.

Status -> NEW
Component -> ux-advise
Hardware -> (generalize)

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