Table cell background and text highlighting

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#1

version 6.4.7.2 on ubuntu linux

I am unable to change the background color of a table cell, once an initial color is selected.
I suspect that this may be solved by modifying text highlighting.

However I am unable to find any way to turn on or off text highlighting. No icon appears to be present that would control such a process. I have looked through all of the drop down menus and so far, have not found the appropriate control.

Any help would be most welcome.

thanks

#2

Hi Tim,

Have you tried to select the cell by itself before trying to change its
color? Changing the color of one cell is sometimes a bit tricky.
First, position your cursor in the cell and do Table > Select > Cell,
followed by Table > Properties > Background. From there you should be
able to select the color.

Note that I am using LO 7.2 on Fedora downloaded  from the LO site. I
seem to remember some past issues with table formatting in previous
versions but I am not sure if it dealt with text or table formatting.

I hope this helps.
Rémy.

#3

Thank you for the reply Rémy - I am bottom posting replies

Hi Tim,

Have you tried to select the cell by itself before trying to change its color? Changing the color of one cell is sometimes a bit tricky.
First, position your cursor in the cell and do Table > Select > Cell, followed by Table > Properties > Background. From there you should be able to select the color.

Yes, I have done exactly that and it works most of the time. Regarding this particular cell, which is the sole cell in the table: When the background color is changed, that change is only apparent in a narrow area next to the border.

This phenomena has prompted me to speculate that some sort of highlighting has inadvertently been applied to the text, but if my speculation is correct, I have not been able to change or disable highlighting for that text.

cheers

#4

Hi Tim,

I have tried every possible way I can think of to recreate your issue,
but I cannot make it happen.
Running 6.4.7.2 on Mint 20.1, when simply clicking (not necessarily
selecting) inside a cell and choosing any color from the "Table Cell
Background Color" dialog the cell background is unquestionably filled
with that color. I get the same result if a range of cells are selected.
See:
https://www.mediafire.com/view/1hhrkcx0gdhh8jl/Table_Cell_Background.png/file
(45k)

I get the same result with a parallel 6.4.7.2 install on a Windows box.

Is it possible you might be opening the border color dialog by mistake?

If you feel your issue is a glitch in your local LO configuration, how
about temporarily renaming your LO profile to check?

Sorry I can't offer anything more constructive.

Regards
Dave

#5

Bottom posting ....

From: Tim Johnson [mailto:tim@akwebsoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022, 23:02 UTC
To: MLLibreOffice
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Table cell background and text highlighting

version 6.4.7.2 on ubuntu linux

I am unable to change the background color of a table cell, once an
initial color is selected.
I suspect that this may be solved by modifying text highlighting.

However I am unable to find any way to turn on or off text highlighting.
No icon appears to be present that would control such a process. I have
looked through all of the drop down menus and so far, have not found the
appropriate control.

Any help would be most welcome.

thanks

Hi Tim,

I have tried every possible way I can think of to recreate your issue,
but I cannot make it happen.
Running 6.4.7.2 on Mint 20.1, when simply clicking (not necessarily
selecting) inside a cell and choosing any color from the "Table Cell
Background Color" dialog the cell background is unquestionably filled
with that color. I get the same result if a range of cells are selected.
See:
https://www.mediafire.com/view/1hhrkcx0gdhh8jl/Table_Cell_Background.png/file
(45k)

I get the same result with a parallel 6.4.7.2 install on a Windows box.

Is it possible you might be opening the border color dialog by mistake?

Hi Dave:

As I suggested to another responder, I believe that I might have done something to set up text highlighting, because if I attempt to change the background color, that change does show up on the perimeter of the cell, next to - but not including the border.

I have added a highlight icon to the text object toolbar, but it is inactive.

As for renaming (presumably temporarily disabling?) my profile, would that be to rename the entire path at ~/.config/libreoffice/4/user/ ?

thanks so much