Writer Find textbox on Toolbar finds the watermark "Find" if nothing is written

[Kushal]

Binary package hint: libreoffice

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-proposed/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages

3) What is expected to happen in Writer is when one clicks inside the Find textbox on the Toolbar, the word find disappears.

4) What happens instead is the word find is still inside the box. This does not occur in Calc.

WORKAROUND: Delete the word Find and type in the desired search.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat May 21 14:31:50 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 LANG=en_IN
 LC_MESSAGES=en_IN.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Kushal, thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please attach an example document that demonstrates this problem?

[Kushal (kushal-pandya04)]

The problem doesn't surface in context to any document but happens in
general. For example, I have Writer (or Calc) opened, with a new blank
document and click on any of the Arrow Button (without even touching the
textbox that accepts the word to search for) on the right side of Search
Textbox (as shown in attached screenshot), it looks for the word "Find" in
the document (rather than prompting me to enter search term), where the word
"Find" is not my search term but is the watermark of the Textbox. If I type
in any word the textbox, than the search behaves as expected. I hope I'm
clear enough to explain the situation.

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Christopher M. Penalver
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Kushal, thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better.
> Could you please attach an example document that demonstrates this
> problem?
>
> ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/786102
>
> Title:
> LibreOffice Writer and Calc finds the watermark "Find" if nothing is
> written in the Find textbox on Toolbar
>
> Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: libreoffice
>
> The problem is difficult to explain but here's what I'm facing.
>
> I open a document in a LibreOffice Writer or Calc. The toolbar has
> "Find" texbox followed by two arrowbuttons, Up Arrow and Down Arrow
> (See Screenshot attached). Now, nothing is written in that textbox and
> by default, it has watermark showing the word "Find". Now what happens
> is, when I click on any of the two arrow buttons aside, the
> LibreOffice looks for word "Find" in the document, that is, it treats
> watermark "Find" actually a search term. Otherwise, search is working
> properly, but if textbox is blank and nothing is written in it,
> watermark is considered as search term. This is weird behavior, and
> instead of looking for "Find" in the document, user must be prompted
> to enter search term if Textbox is empty, rather than taking watermark
> as query. The problem exists in both Writer and Calc, don't know about
> Impress or draw, since none of them have Search Textbox on toolbar by
> default.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sat May 21 14:31:50 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386
> (20110427.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
> LANG=en_IN
> LC_MESSAGES=en_IN.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: libreoffice
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/786102/+subscribe
>

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Kushal, this was reproducible in Ubuntu 11.04, LibreOffice Writer. However, with Calc the "Find" is unsearchable and disappears if one clicks within the box. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-proposed/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages

[Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. This Ubuntu release has reached EOL for Desktops.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

I've tried recreating this bug with Ubuntu 14.04 and was unable to, given the information you've provided. Please upgrade to the latest version and re-test. If the bug is still reproducible, increase the verbosity of the steps to recreate it so we can try again.

Do feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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