Libreoffice Writer won't wok with Wayland

[Jonas Ådahl]

Hi,

This sounds like a problem with the magnifier feature of GNOME Shell.
Please file an issue at 
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/ .


Jonas

On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 12:41:55PM -0700, Jim Greene wrote:
> I’m a visually impaired user of Ubuntu 22.04 and Libreoffice Writer. I
> use Gnome Magnifier, set to between 6X and 10X magnification. It works
> well with Xorg, but not with Wayland. I’ve heard some distros,
> including Ubuntu will eventually use only Wayland. That’s a problem for
> me, and for other visually impaired users.
> 
> At 6X magnification, the cursor is stuck at the bottom of the screen,
> so that the bottom of letters are planted on the bottom of the view. As
> magnification is increased, the cursor and the letters sink below the
> bottom, until, at 10X, the letters are gone. I contacted TDF, who have
> been working at it from their side, but I’ve always thought it’s a
> Wayland issue.
> 
> I’m a user, not a developer, so I hope Wayland developers can have a
> look at the issue, maybe even in conjunction with TDF’s accessibility
> director.
> -- 
> Jim Greene