[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 119753] Direct formatting control text Highlighting mode <Esc> not toggling off

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119753

--- Comment #7 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote@utsa.edu> ---
While the help article notes <Esc> as toggling off the formatting, it does so
only when in the bucket paint mode.

Difficult to determine what mode the formatting is in, the button does not take
its active shading except when clicked and in paint mode.

So, as noted if done as applied Direct Formatting to a selection--it is hard to
turn off the highlight mode.

Clicking the button again does not toggle--at odds with behavior of other
direct formatting button actions like Bold, Italic, Underline or Strike
through.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. type some text "aaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbbbb cccccccc ddddddddd"
2. select some piece of the text "ccccccc"
3. click the Highlight button on the Formatting toolbar
4. position text cursor into the now highlighted portion
5. type some more text "dddd", note it picks up highlighting
6. type a " " space, note it picks up highlighting

--How do you turn off the highlighting without relocating the text cursor?
a. <Esc> does not work
b. clicking the Highlight toolbar button, enables paint mode

Meaning--the *only* way to end Highlight DF is select the last character, and
use Context menu -> Character dialog's Highlight panel and set to None.

This is not the same as other Character direct formatting controls which
respond to GUI button clicks.

Either allow the <Esc> to toggle it off in this mode as well, or adjust the
Button action to show Highlight state and to toggle.

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