[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 109996] Writer Does Not Select Words Properly for Editing with MacOS norms

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109996

--- Comment #6 from Alex Thurgood <iplaw67 at tuta.io> ---
(In reply to Sarvasri from comment #5)

> Since apps work BOTH ways, it makes sense to give the user the option to set
> the program to work the way they prefer. Can it be programmed as a
> preference with the default to be like the existing word processors work or
> for more rapid editing allow word selection when the selection begins with a
> double click.

I have no idea, not being a programmer.

LibreOffice is a multi-OS product, the development policy is to try and produce
a product that behaves the same across all supported OSes. Currently, what you
would like would not cater to that.

Indeed, current development "policy" seems to be to not make LO more
OSX-App-like - when I write "policy" this needs to be taken with a pinch of
salt. Current development has introduced behaviour which clearly makes LO stand
out as not being a native Mac app (e.g. fullscreen support, MDI support, even
simple stuff like keyboard shortcuts, to name but those aspects).


The nature of this project is that people are free to make all the suggestions
they like - whether they become a reality or not is basically up to some random
person who decides they've got an itch to scratch and implements it.

So, at the moment, it comes down to you wanting something because two of the
apps you use on OSX behave that way. However, quite clearly, that is not the
way that Apple builds into its own flagship office products, nor is the case
with many other apps that run on OSX. You are of course free to reformulate a
bug report laying out your desiderata as a request for enhancement. Someone
might take it, you never know !

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