[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112961] New: EDITING: Editing selected text copies the format of the text to its left

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112961

            Bug ID: 112961
           Summary: EDITING: Editing selected text copies the format of
                    the text to its left
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 5.4.1.2 release
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: luke at zeta.org.au

Created attachment 136820
  --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=136820&action=edit
Short example .odt document

When editing text adjacent to text with a different format, the format of the
edited text changes from what it was, to the format to its left.  This has been
true for LibreOffice for many, many years, and it is as annoying or even as
infuriating now as it was then.

Steps to reproduce (See attached document):

1. Prepare some text with different formats.
2. Select the first word (or character) of the text at the start of a new
format.
3. Type some new text in.
4. Instead of keeping its format, the format is copied from the text to its
left.

Expected result: the format of the selected text is unchanged.

I note that this behaviour also seems to be in Calc:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107857

I wonder whether it is also the cause of the bug reported here:
62603

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