#1079598 Right-clicking 'New Style' in inactive Writer window opens menu in active window on another monitor.

Package:
libreoffice-writer
Source:
libreoffice-writer
Description:
office productivity suite -- word processor
Submitter:
Fabrice Quenneville
Date:
2024-08-25 08:39:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1079598#5
Date:
2024-08-25 05:18:33 UTC
From:
To:
Subject: writer: Right-clicking 'New Style' in inactive Writer window opens
menu in active window on another monitor.
X-Debbugs-Cc: fabquenneville@gmail.com
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream
File: writer

Dear Maintainer,

I am reporting a bug I encountered in LibreOffice Writer. The issue is as
follows:

* Description:
  - When multiple LibreOffice Writer windows are open across different
monitors, right-clicking "New Style" in an inactive window (Window B) on a
secondary monitor triggers the "New Style" menu in the currently active
window (Window A) on the primary monitor. This unexpected behavior disrupts
workflow by affecting the wrong document.

* What led up to the situation?
  - I was working in LibreOffice Writer with multiple windows open on
different monitors. I attempted to right-click on 'New Style' in a Writer
window that was not the active window.

* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)?
  - The right-click action was performed on an inactive Writer window.
Instead of showing the context menu in the inactive window where I clicked,
it opened the menu in the currently active window on another monitor.

* What was the outcome of this action?
  - The menu appeared in the active window on a different monitor, not in
the window where the right-click action was performed.

* What outcome did you expect instead?
  - I expected the context menu to appear in the Writer window where I
right-clicked, even if it was inactive.

* Steps to Reproduce:
  1. Open two LibreOffice Writer windows (Window A and Window B).
  2. Place Window A on your primary monitor and Window B on a secondary
monitor.
  3. In Window B, open the "Styles" side menu.
  4. Focus back on Window A, making it the active window.
  5. Without activating Window B, right-click on "New Style" in Window B.

Upstream Bug Report I had already submitted before reading
https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting#reportbug saying not to report
upstream first :
 - https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162620

#1079598#10
Date:
2024-08-25 08:37:56 UTC
From:
To:
forwarded 1079598 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162620

thanks


Hi,

Am 25.08.24 um 07:18 schrieb Fabrice Quenneville:
Thanks anyway, Would forward it anyway and it's better IMHO to directly report it upstream here and me then forward it manually and play ping-pong.

So you IHO did it correct. Marking as forwarded to your upstream bug.


Regards,


Rene