libreoffice: citation fields are 'leaking'

GAIL

In Libreoffice, if one starts typing right beside a citation field the typed text is added to the field value. This becomes visible if field shading is turned on, but also if the Zotero preferences are visited once so that after that the typed text disappears.

This applies to almost all citation styles (e.g. IEEE).

adamsmith

That's a LibreOffice bug (though we're aware of it). The leaking only happens if you go back to the field later. If you start typing right after inserting it you're fine.

GAIL

Is that bug reported?

adamsmith

I'd assume so, but I don't remember. It's very old.