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From: Stefano Crocco <posta@×××××××××××××.it>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behavior of "tab" key with Libreoffice Calc and Plasma
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:04:02
Message-Id: 2048530.uWSWATWf3W@linux
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behavior of "tab" key with Libreoffice Calc and Plasma by Philip Webb
1 On domenica 23 giugno 2019 22:31:33 CEST Philip Webb wrote:
2 > 190623 Stefano Crocco wrote:
3 > > a few months ago I started noticing a very annoying behavior
4 > > when pressing the "tab" key in Libreoffice Calc.
5 > > Previously, pressing this key would move the cursor by one cell to the
6 > > right, so that I could immediately start writing into the cell.
7 >
8 > That's what it does for me now, using LO 6.2.4.2 on KDE.
9 >
10 > > Now, while the cursor is moved to the correct cell
11 > > -- I can see the black border around it -- ,
12 > > I can't write in it immediately anymore.
13 > > To move the cursor to the next cell and be able to immediately write in
14 > > it,
15 > > I need to press the tab key twice.
16 > > It seems that somehow pressing the tab key once gives focus to the menu
17 > > bar: pressing tab once, then pressing "F" brings down the file menu;
18 > > pressing tab, then pressing "E" displays the edit menu and so on.
19 >
20 > Here, pressing Tab-Tab simply moves 2 cells to the right.
21
22 Thanks for the answer. Do you have the kde use flag enabled? This morning I've
23 tried several combinations of flags and only disabling the kde one this issue
24 disappeared.
25
26 Stefano

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Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behavior of "tab" key with Libreoffice Calc and Plasma Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>