[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 135085] New: Form entries become transparent upon export to PDF.

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135085

            Bug ID: 135085
           Summary: Form entries become transparent upon export to PDF.
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.4.4.2 release
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Base
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: bugzilla at sublogic.se

Description:
Workaround. Opening the PDF in Inkscape, the form entries are visible! With the
PDF open in Inkscape, choose to Save copy as. The resulting PDF will have the
form entries fully visible, without any editing!

Back in June the problem did not exist. I downgraded to a distro package dated
in May. The problem was still present. I tried downgrading from Fresh to Still,
problem persisted.

I have tried disabling hardware acceleration under LO settings. Also I have
tried manually setting the background color of a control to black and
foreground to white, the problem persists, text is transparent.

So text entry is there but not visible. In the PDF you can select the text,
copy, then paste it, in another application and it will be there...

While filing this bug report I was suggested further down to try safe mode and
or resetting my user profile. In safe mode the bug is no longer apparent. I ran
safe mode again and choose to wipe my user profile and restore all settings to
factory defaults. Restarted LO Calc once more, did an export, problem solved.
Filing the report in case anyone else has use for it.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a spread sheet.
2. Add a form and some form controls.
3. Enter data into the form.
4. Export to PDF.
5. Open the PDF for viewing.

Actual Results:
Entry into the form works as expected, data entered is visible in the Calc
spread sheet. Exporting the sheet to PDF results in all data contained in the
form controls being transparent/not visible.

Expected Results:
I would expect the form entries to be visible in the exported PDF.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes


OpenGL enabled: Yes

Additional Info:
OS: Linux, ArchLinux
LibreOffice:
Version: 6.4.4.2
Build ID: 6.4.4-1
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.7; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

OpenGL:
$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GT 710/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 450.57
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 450.57
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 NVIDIA 450.57
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
OpenGL ES profile extensions:

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