Bug 450670

Summary:	While renaming files on the desktop, Compose key creates a dot and not the desired character
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Jackson <bugs>
Component:	Desktop icons & Folder View widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	hein, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.23.0
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	LibreOffice compose key attempt Using the compose key to edit a desktop file name

Description Jackson 2022-02-21 19:38:51 UTC

SUMMARY

When the compose key is activated, an underlined middle dot character (·) and a blank space next to it are shown. This seems to cause problems in various places. Worst is in LibreOffice, where if the compose key is invoked at the end of a line with other lines below it, after the key sequence is entered the cursor just ends up on the next line and the · remains, while the character the user tried to enter does not appear. (If done at the end of the final line of a document or the middle of a line, the character still does appear properly.) This makes editing very frustrating.

The display of the middle dot and space also seems to causes other issues, such as when editing the names of files on the desktop. When the compose key is invoked at the end of a file name, the cursor jumps to the beginning (but at least the character can successfully be typed). This is also why I think that this is not just a LibreOffice bug.

Using the compose key used to not show any visual feedback (I think? Maybe I'm wrong there), so perhaps this problem was introduced when this feedback was added.

(Apologies if this bug was not filed in the correct place.)

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Open LibreOffice Writer
2. Hit Enter a few times to create some lines
3. Click on any line besides the last one
4. Invoke the compose key to make a special character

OBSERVED RESULT

A · will appear and stay there, while the cursor moves down to the next line.

EXPECTED RESULT

The special character the user wanted to make using the compose key should appear.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 21.10
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.86.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

Comment 1 Jackson 2022-02-21 19:40:30 UTC

Created attachment 147012 [details]
LibreOffice compose key attempt

The compose key was invoked on the third line to make a "é"; instead the dot remains and the cursor moved down a line.

Comment 2 Jackson 2022-02-21 19:41:40 UTC

Created attachment 147013 [details]
Using the compose key to edit a desktop file name

The compose key was invoked at the end of this file name: note the cursor moves to the front (though it does move back once the character is created).

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-02-22 03:17:40 UTC

These are individual app-specific bugs. So you would need to report that to the LibreOffice folks. Let's use this to track the issue renaming files on the desktop.

I cannot reproduce that issue on Wayland with Plasma 5.24. 5.22 is officially unsupported; any chance you could upgrade to newer versions using the Kubuntu backports PPA and try again?

Comment 4 Jackson 2022-02-25 00:21:58 UTC

Understood, thanks, I've filed a separate one with LibreOffice (https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147647), and I've since realized it only affects Writer, not other LO applications.

I have installed the Kubuntu backports via the PPA. Which seems to have broken some things, including lattedock :(

The bug with the desktop file renaming (cursor moving temporarily to the beginning of the filename), however, is still there.

Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 21.10
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.91.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

I am running X11 though, not Wayland.

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2022-02-28 21:41:01 UTC

Thanks.

What font and font size are you using in Plasma?

Comment 6 Jackson 2022-03-11 18:56:38 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5)
> Thanks.
> 
> What font and font size are you using in Plasma?

I was using the Ubuntu font at 10pt. I did reset to Noto Sans, the default, but the issue is the same with that one too.

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