Opening document files does not show menus in global menu bar

[Manuel Valentin]

Opening document files (from Nautilus or Dash) does not show the menus in the global menu bar. Menus may be displayed if I switch between windows or open and close the Dash. See screencast.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: libreoffice-writer 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 27 18:08:43 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-08-20 (68 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (8 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Xavier Guillot (valeryan-24)]

Hello, I confirm this bug with Global Menu on Libre Office in Ubuntu Quantal :

I see 3 types of problem:

- When I open a LibreOffice document directly from file manager, it starts and is visible, but as described by Shannon there is no "global menu". Title of document is well displayed, but if I move the mouse on the top panel, only the buttons (close, minimize, maximize) are visible, the remaining of the panel is empty, no menu is displayed.

For Writer and Calc I have to select and put on foreground another opened program - via Unity dock - and reselect LibreOffice, then the global menu is well visible, accessible and works. For Impress even by switching, it remains empty.

- Also, sometimes, on a opened and working document, when I switch back from another program, again menu disappers, I have to re-do the switch to make it appear again.

- Last, sometimes it happens that the global menu is visible but totally inactive and inoperative : sub-menus are displayed, but if I click on a command, absolutely nothing happens (as if I did not click), and keyboard shortcuts still work... Here the only way to get it back working is to close and restart LibreOffice.

For this last problem, I did not identify any specific situation which makes the problem always appear, it comes occasionally and randomly. Perhaps it's also a separate bug ?

As the Bamf problem in Precise, this is very problematic as happening for every user on a top default program used also in companies at work.