Description: I have some problems on a newer laptop where the text in writer is not shown properly. Instead, windows areas are shown as shifted blocks, when I try to select and highlight the text, the selection is not shown as highlighted and wenn I want to position the text within the cursor, it appears at the wrong position since the text has shifted, but the shown text is at another position. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Edit text, 2. move text in window 3. continue editing Actual Results: Either artifacts are shown as blockwise shifted text or the mouse position on displayed text does not match where a mouse click lands within the text. Expected Results: WYSIWYG should be possible, including text selection with the mouse / trackpad Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: I can not provde screen shots of the bug since a screenshot will refresh the window properly first Version: 7.6.4.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: e19e193f88cd6c0525a17fb7a176ed8e6a3e2aa1 CPU threads: 4; OS: Mac OS X 12.7.3; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: osx Locale: de-DE (en_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Created attachment 192563 [details] Screenshot: Text should show a continuous line from _______
Created attachment 192564 [details] a random text area is displayed as a shifted block
Created attachment 192565 [details] this should be a continous line from ______
Created attachment 192566 [details] a random text area is displayed as a shifted block
Please test in safe mode, Menu/Help/Restart in Safe Mode
I did now. Those artifacts still remain after restarting in safe mode. Do you need further images in safe mode?
Please test disabling skia.
Thanks - that fixed it! I still can't select text by dragging over it, but text selection via start position + shift click @ end position does work and is shown now properly, too. Is that a preference setup or is that another bug?
Skia working should be better, it is in relation with the graphics driver. Test if there is some update for it.
How do I test for a Skia update? Do I acutally have to install depot_tools, bazelisk, ninja and skia on my MacOS or is there an easier way?
After working with that document again, with SKIA disabled, I still observe the same problems: Random text areas are duplicated as rectangular areas with a significant offset. Cursor can't be inserted at the desired position, but is shown with an offset and small parts of the letters around, as a smaller block. A refresh of the window is required to remove the blocking and to permit proper text selection and cursor positioning again.
(In reply to Martin Trautmann from comment #10) > How do I test for a Skia update? > > Do I acutally have to install depot_tools, bazelisk, ninja and skia on my > MacOS or is there an easier way? No, Skia ships with LibreOffice, you don't need to worry about setting up a development environment :) There were many Skia-related fixes for macOS recently, so you might try how Skia works with 24.2.