I agree, after a system wipe and clean install Quantal's LibreOffice HUD
and menus still don't work. The menus like save and save as don't work.
Which is difficult to say the least.


On 22 January 2013 18:31, Andreas E. <email address hidden> wrote:

> This is a severe productivity issue.  Aside from trying to find a
> complete fix for long time, it would be very nice if we could get a
> toggle to just fallback to an in-app menu (hotfix?). I would be very
> thankful!
>
> It seems libreoffice-gtk doesn't listen for UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0  (?) and
> still shows the global menu which doesn't work for me.
>
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/229031/can-i-turn-off-global-menu-only-in-nautilus
>
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> duplicate bug report (1075885).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1064962
>
> Title:
>   [SRU] Global menubar items do not work when opening a document
>   directly from nautilus with no LibreOffice instance running
>
> Status in BAMF Application Matching Framework:
>   Won't Fix
> Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite:
>   Won't Fix
> Status in The Application Menu:
>   Invalid
> Status in “bamf” package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
> Status in “indicator-appmenu” package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
> Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in “bamf” source package in Quantal:
>   Invalid
> Status in “indicator-appmenu” source package in Quantal:
>   Invalid
> Status in “libreoffice” source package in Quantal:
>   Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>   [IMPACT]
>
>    * there is no menu available in some scenarios of opening LibreOffice
>    * makes LibreOffice essentially unusable when opening a docuemnt
> directly
>
>   [TESTCASE]
>
>    * open a existing file from nautilus -> no menu in a unity session
>
>   [Regression Potential]
>
>    * changes are to the menu code integration, possible regressions will
> be there
>    * package has been available for user testing
> https://launchpad.net/~bjoern-michaelsen/+archive/libreoffice-quantaltest-20120601since 2012-10-26 without any reported regressions
>    * see comment 74 for realworld enduser testing
>
>   ---
>   pre-SRU description details:
>
>   1) Have no instance of LibreOffice running
>   2) open a document by double-clicking it in nautilus
>   3) new window has no menu
>   4) unfocusing/refocusing (e.g. by pressing F7 to bring up the spelling
> dialog) makes the menu appear
>
>   WORKAROUND: minimize and restore the LibreOffice window
>   (more permanent workaround, disable the global menu by removing the
> package "libreoffice-gtk").
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
>   Package: libreoffice-gtk 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: nvidia
>   ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu2
>   Architecture: amd64
>   Date: Wed Oct 10 11:48:20 2012
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64
> (20110427.1)
>   SourcePackage: libreoffice
>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-30 (9 days ago)
>
>   original description:
>   In writer, none of the menubar items appear to work.  Example:
>
>   * Open new document in Writer
>   * Type some text and highlight it
>   * Try Edit->Cut
>   >> Nothing happens
>   * Try Format->Change chase->UPPERCASE
>   >> Nothing happens!
>   workaround: restart your session after update
>
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