dialogs created in OO displayed with incorrect width

[Louis-Dominique Dubeau]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

This has been reported upstream:

http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=85009

I'm reporting here too so that Ubuntu users who encounter this bug don't have to waste time like I did. I'm going to add the Ubuntu-specific information here and copy some of the information from upstream so that someone doing a search in the bugs in Launchpad can get a hit on this bug report.

Ubuntu release: 7.10

OO.org packages installed:

$ dpkg-query -W openoffice.org-* | gawk '$2 {print;}'
openoffice.org-base 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-calc 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-common 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-core 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-dev 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-draw 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-evolution 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5
openoffice.org-gnome 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-gtk 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-help-en-gb 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
openoffice.org-help-en-us 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
openoffice.org-help-fr 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
openoffice.org-help-hi-in 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
openoffice.org-help-zh-cn 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
openoffice.org-help-zh-tw 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
openoffice.org-hyphenation 0.2
openoffice.org-impress 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-java-common 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-l10n-common 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
openoffice.org-l10n-en-us 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-l10n-en-za 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
openoffice.org-l10n-fr 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
openoffice.org-l10n-hi-in 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
openoffice.org-l10n-zh-cn 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
openoffice.org-l10n-zh-tw 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
openoffice.org-math 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-style-andromeda 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-style-crystal 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-style-default 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-style-human 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-style-industrial 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-style-tango 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us 1:2.2.0-2ubuntu1
openoffice.org-writer 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3

Description from upstream bug report:

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Dialogs that are created in the IDE are displayed with incorrect width. The
problem is intermittent. I have not been able to find a sure way to reproduce
it all the time but it happens to me quite often so it is not a rare occurrence.
 (I just don't know why sometimes the dialogs appear with the correct dimensions
and why sometimes they don't.) This problem happens in two different set of
circumstances:

1. It happens when dialogs are being displayed by OOBasic code. That is, when
the dialogs are displayed to be used by a normal user.

2. It happens also in the IDE. If a dialog is opened in the IDE to be edited,
the dialog will appear with its correct dimensions for a fraction of a second
and then its dimensions will be reset without rhyme or reason by the IDE. Only
the width seems to be affected.

This happens with my own dialogs and with dialogs that have been created by
other people. I've also tried it with dialogs bundled in OO and found the same
problem there. So it is not a problem due to the way I create my dialogs.
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In the upstream bug report, I've attached a video grab of my desktop that shows the problem.

After filling my initial bug report, I found that the problem disappears if compiz is turned off. This bug may therefore be related to bug #185600. I do not know whether the problem is with OO or compiz but I find it strange that only OO behaves this way.