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Stéphane Tréboux
Asked: 2019-08-25 04:17:43 +0800 CST

Dead keys (accents etc) not working since LibreOffice 6.2 (since Ubuntu/Kubuntu 19.04 "disco")

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After updating to LibreOffice 6.2 keyboard input of non English symbols is either ignored or leads to random behavior (for instance the cursor jumps to the end of the line).

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    It seems that the issue is related to the new qt5 integration package in LibreOffice 6.2.

    Uninstall the package libreoffice-qt5. LibreOffice will fall back to less appealing default widgets (menus, buttons, etc.) but non English keyboard input will work again.

    If like me you don't like the default widgets (they are too small) install the package libreoffice-gtk3 and LibreOffice will use (nicer looking) GTK3 widgets. In Kubuntu a Breeze theme identical for GTK2, GTK3 and Qt is provided and you will notice almost no difference between the GTK and the Qt widgets.

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