LibreOffice commands are not displayed in the HUD

[Alberto Perdomo]

Ubuntu Release: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta1
Package version: libreoffice-gtk
Package version: 1:3.6.1~rc2-1ubuntu3
Expected behavior: It should be possible to launch LO actions from the HUD.
Actual behavior: Libreoffice commands are not shown in the HUD.

According to comments, this is the case for:
- Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04
- LibreOffice cycles 3.6 and 4.0

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Matt Sturgeon (mattsturgeon)]

I also have this issue, it may be related to all menu items being greyed out inconsistently (Bug #1051556).

[Antonio Fernández (antonio-fernandez-vega)]

HUD works well before activating the menu using commit 627731abde0d934a8cd172de9b0ee5eb7d3b9667. After activating a menu, some items could be updated and HUD doesn't work anymore although actions are visible using D-Feet.

[Matt Sturgeon (mattsturgeon)]

This is still present after Bug #1045372 is fixed, so must be caused by something else

[Matt Sturgeon (mattsturgeon)]

Just to clarify my bad phrasing, I wasn't contradicting Antonio, simply saying it doesn't appear to be related to Bug #1045372 as I previously suspected it might be

[Tom Yedwab (tom-yedwab)]

I have seen problems with the menus in LibreOffice as well - there were no menus in the top bar and no commands showing up in the HUD. I followed the suggestion on Bug #1061225 to install the "lo-menu" package and that restored the menu to the top bar but still no change to the HUD.

Are the two issues unrelated? And why is the lo-menu package not installed by default? (I have a fresh install of 12.10 Beta 2)

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

There is no "lo-menu" package. Maybe you mean the transitional package "lo-menubar", which ensures that package "libreoffice-gtk" is installed.

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

I can't reproduce it now, so either it is not appearing consistently or it has been fixed.

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

Does installing package "libreoffice-gtk3" make any difference?

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

Alberto, could you please run "apport-collect 1045353" in a terminal, to add some more system information to this bug report?

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

I wonder if this bug only appears when running without native Open GL acceleration.

[Till Sachau (till-sachau)]

I'm experiencing the exact same bug.

So, in answer to Marius: installing the "libreoffice-gtk3" package doesn't make any difference.

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

Till: Could you please look into the system settings->system->details->graphics and add here what it says there.

[Till Sachau (till-sachau)]

It says:

Driver Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV620
Environemnt Standard

I experience the same problem on a laptop with the fglrx driver and on a netbook with Intel graphics.

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

Strange that I don't experience this now. What are the exact steps to reproduce (e.g. ALT->"new presentation"?)? Do you see any hits at all in the HUD or is just Libre Office menu elements missing?

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

Also do you reproduce this when running a Quantal live CD/USB? And are all updates installed?

[Till Sachau (till-sachau)]

I just tried Writer from a daily build live USB. Same result, I'm afraid
the problem remains.

BUT: I just found that the HUD stops working in Writer whenever I open the
formula editor. It does not work in the equation editor itself, and also
stops working in the main Writer window after formula editing is finished.

This behaviour seems to be reproducible, maybe this is of some help.

2012/10/16 Marius Kotsbak <email address hidden>

> Also do you reproduce this when running a Quantal live CD/USB? And are
> all updates installed?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1045353
>
> Title:
> Commands are not displayed in the HUD
>
> Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Ubuntu Release: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta1
> Package version: libreoffice-gtk
> Package version: 1:3.6.1~rc2-1ubuntu3
> Expected behavior: It should be possible to launch LO actions from the
> HUD.
> Actual behavior: Libreoffice commands are not shown in the HUD.
>
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[Till Sachau (till-sachau)]

I just tried Writer from a daily build live USB. Same result, I'm afraid the problem remains.

BUT: I just found that the HUD stops working in Writer whenever I open the formula editor. It does not work in the equation editor itself, and also stops working in the main Writer window after formula editing is finished.

This behaviour seems to be reproducible.

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

Till, could you please run "apport-collect 1045353" in a terminal, to add some more system information to this bug report?

[Till Sachau (till-sachau)]

ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20120924)
Package: libreoffice 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Tags: third-party-packages quantal running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Till Sachau (till-sachau)]

apport information

[Till Sachau (till-sachau)]

Update:

I can't be sure if there is a connection, but after todays Compiz update, the HUD in LO doesn't work at all on this computer any more. Several reboots later and testing it on a different computer lead to the same results.

[Jakub Peša (jakubpesa)]

I would like to point out that in my case HUD in 12.10 sometimes works with LibreOffice, usually after runnging command unity -- replace, but when I close a LO window and I open a different document, it suddenly doesn't work again an I have to restart Unity again (usually for several times). In Ubuntu 12.04 with lo-menubar package everyting worked fine.

[Jakub Peša (jakubpesa)]

And now I can add to my previous post that when I have 2 open LO windows and HUD is working in one LO window, but doesn't work in the other one.

[Scott Severance (scott.severance)]

The combination of this and bug 1074528 is deadly. This bug appeared before the other, but I don't know whether there's any causal relationship between the two.

At any rate, I currently have no way of accessing the menus in LibreOffice (via the HUD or otherwise), so I hope this will get fixed soon.

[Gregory K. Ngirmang (hellohellodon)]

As with Scott I have the same issue with this and Bug #1074528 occuring.

[A. Rohou (a-rohou)]

I am seeing exact same behavior as Till is.

My reproducer:
1. Make sure no libreoffice programs are running
2. Start writer, blank document
3. Confirm that HUD is working, e.g. Alt, "i o f" brings up Insert > Object > Formula
4. Insert a formula in the new document, leave the formula editor, back to document
5. Confirm that HUD is not working anymore, e.g. Alt, "save" does not bring up File > Save as would be expected

[A. Rohou (a-rohou)]

ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-04-15 (590 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
MarkForUpload: True
Package: libreoffice 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Tags: quantal running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-11-25 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout kismet lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers

[A. Rohou (a-rohou)]

apport information

[Deluxo (deluxo64)]

Have a similar issue. I have HUD working on writer when i open a new documents, but as soon as i open any saved file by whatever way - HUD stops searching the libreoffice writer.

[Colin Law (colin-law)]

I am also seeing this on up to date Quantal 32 bit, intel graphics. Open Libreoffice writer or calc and initially the hud works, open a file and then the hud no longer shows any libreoffice entries for that window.

[Evan Huus (eapache)]

Still exists on latest Raring, for what it's worth.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[transamazonian (leo-transamazonia)]

This remains an issue in the latest LibreOffice Version 4.0.1.2 (Build ID: 400m0(Build:2) and Ubuntu 12.10.

[Till Sachau (till-sachau)]

I can confirm that the problem still exists.

Raring and LibreOffice 4.0.1.2.

[Bart Janssens (bartholomeus-j)]

Still experiencing this problem on a fully updated 12.10, (which has been upgraded from a 12.04 install) but it's not consitent. The problem only occurs for me when opening existing documents, about 80% of the time:
- open libreoffice program, press alt: results from libreoffice menus
- open libreoffice existing document, press alt: results from indicator menus (top bar)

I just tried the unity --replace trick jacubpesa mentioned some posts up:
- open existing libreoffice document, press alt: results from indicator menus (top bar)
- unity --replace
- hud works for the opened document

[Stéphane Guillou (stephane-guillou)]

I never got to use the HUD with LibreOffice, even with the newest LO 4.0.2.1 from the LO 4.0 PPA on Ubuntu 12.10 up to date with Proposed activated.
I just get results from the indicators, even though the first HUD icon that appears is the right LO one.

LibreOffice is probably the only app that makes me want to use the HUD because of its extended menus and diverse functions.

How come no one is looking into it? Is the problem in Raring too?

[dimovnike (dimovnike)]

This is one of the applications where the HUD is needed the most. However on raring, i noticed that if the app is run from the dash (with no file to open), the HUD works fine, but if u open a file, the HUD is not working.

[Cavia Porcellus (caviaporcellus)]

Is there a workaround for this? Like some way to install lo-menubar in Raring?

[Adrian Wilkins (adrian-wilkins)]

+1 for #38 ; this is what I get as well (on Raring, upgrade through 12.04 > 12.10 > 13.04 )

If you start LibreOffice by opening a document from Nautilus, or from picking a file in the dash, the first window does not get HUD integration.

If you start the app "raw" without opening a file, HUD integration works just fine.

Subsequent LibreOffice windows get HUD integration regardless of how you start them ; so if you open a text document, and then a spreadsheet, the document has no HUD, but the spreadsheet does.

If you close all windows, the problem recurs with the next window opened.

[Mdavies5 (mdavies5)]

I agree with dimovnike. LibreOffice Writer and Calc will not open when double clicking a file. Also I have disabled the global menu using Unsettings and then "sudo apt-get remove thunderbird-globalmenu". Only LibreOffice now shows global menu and cannot seem to disable it. Using 13.04 and LO 4. 64 bit

[Franko Burolo (fburolo)]

Same here on Raring, fresh install. And I am experiencing the same as described in comments #38 and #40.

And I agree, LibreOffice is one of the places where the HUD is most useful, so this is not a trivial issue at all.

[Franko Burolo (fburolo)]

...actually, it is even worse than described in the comments. The HUD in LibreOffice Writer works only with a blank page. The very moment I start to type anything, it stops working!

[Greg Lynch (gregalynch)]

I have the same behavior fburolo describes. Raring 64bit.

[Stéphane Guillou (stephane-guillou)]

Same problem as Franko #43, on Ubuntu 13.04 32 bits and LO 4.0.2

Cheers

[savebart (savebart)]

Same problem as fburolo for me too.
I run Raring 64bit upgraded from a fresh install of Quantal.

[nicolas kleinklaus (nknico)]

Same problem as described in #43, on Ubuntu 13.04 32 bits and LO 4.0.2

[J B (nebulous1)]

I see the same problem in LO 4.0.2.2 on 64-bit a fresh installation of Raring. In addition to the HUD not working, LO's traditional menu mnemonics don't work, (# 739184 "[Libreoffice] Mnemonics do not work in Unity").

[tompta (tompta)]

Same as #43. This bug is consistent for me. When I start Writer or Calc I can search the menus with Alt. But as soon as I edit this blank document and I try to do the menu search again I can actually see the commands of Writer for a second, but then they immeadiately dissapear and I'm not able to search in the menus anymore. Only the commands from tray apps are appearing.
When opening a document from nautilus or dash I'm able to use the HUD with .docx files in Writer, but again until I make any changes in the document. The HUD is not working at all with odt, doc, ods, xls and xlsx files no matter if I'm opening from dash or nautilus.

I had this problem in 12.10, still have in fresh install of 13.04 64bit

[nicolas kleinklaus (nknico)]

Why nobody is assigned to this bug ? It is reported since more than a year !

[Removed by request (removed2831044)]

If this is fixed by restarting unity with:
 unity --replace
as comment #23 suggests, I have to assume this is a bug in either unity or HUD not watching the state correctly. Marking as Incomplete in LibreOffice until there is a clear indication of LibreOffices GMenuModel implementation being at fault here.

[Colin Law (colin-law)]

I can confirm that, for me on Raring, unity --replace causes the HUD to start working (with Writer).

[Franko Burolo (fburolo)]

I can confirm that on my system, Raring 64, "unity --replace" DOES NOT cause the HUD to start working, not in Writer nor anywhere else i LibreOffice.

This bug is not only unassigned, but also of undecided importance, for over a year now. And I am also watching another bug, related to Network Manager: though marked as of high importance, it is still being ignored ever since January. Ubuntu core bug reporting started to feel very frustrating... :-/

[Cavia Porcellus (caviaporcellus)]

I'm using Raring (x86) with LibreOffice 4.0.2.2. and "unity --replace" does nothing at all.

[Miroslav Hadzhiev (xtigyro)]

Nautilus commands are not displayed, too. Maybe it's generally HUD-related, and not LibreOffice-related.
Tested under Raring.

[Laura Dijkhuizen (laura-dijkhuizen)]

Your argument seems plausible. However, in my case and several others the HUD and libreoffice actually do communicate. But only in a "fresh instance" of libreoffice in which no document has been opened or created.

Let me explain with an example: I launch libreoffice writer from the launcher, wait serveral seconds, bring up the HUD and start typing. For example "recent thesis" to open my file thesis.odt which is listed in "Recent Documents" in the "File" menu. The HUD shows all options in the libreoffice menus as would be expected, no bug noticed so far.
However, once the file is opened the HUD does not work anymore.

Therefore I assume that (even though I agree the ubuntu HUD isn't very stable) this particular bug is in LibreOffice. After all, it is a change in libreoffice that makes the HUD not work properly.

[Miroslav Hadzhiev (xtigyro)]

Yep, the same here with the "fresh instance". I've noticed it a while ago, too.

[Derek Darves (darves)]

I have this issue with 13.04 and LO 4.1 - just confirming it is present in newest versions. Opening a "fresh instance" does not enable HUD for me, either, as with other users.

[Franko Burolo (fburolo)]

It seems obvious to me that the HUD (or at least the desktop version of it) is a dead project. Look at the other HUD related bug reports, almost all of them are unassigned. This one is the most heated of them all, and it is still unassigned, for almost a year now! And the bug is only worsening from release to release... It seems like the devs just don't care about it anymore. RIP HUD...

[Borivoje Petrovic (borivoje)]

Correct me if I am wrong but google documents have its own sort of HUD.
How convenient is that? :)

[Greg Lynch (gregalynch)]

This bug is now fixed for me. It seems to have been fixed with the update that also fixed Bug #1153350.

[Davide (dspinell)]

It is fixed for me as well.

[Till Sachau (till-sachau)]

NOT FIXED FOR ME!

The same issue still exists: after using the formula editor, HUD-functionality is inactive.

[Greg Lynch (gregalynch)]

Nevermind -- false alarm. It turns out the items are in the HUD only when you first launch the program. As soon as you modify anything, they don't show up in the HUD anymore. My mistake.

[Franko Burolo (fburolo)]

...a behavior that has already been reported in the comments...

This is useless... :-/

[aleandro (aleandrodasilva)]

Hello. I got this error too. I cannot work anymore in my laptop. Libreoffice offshore since last raring updates. Need urgent fix.

Note: I installed gnome 3.8 from ppa. Someone else?

[Till Sachau (till-sachau)]

It works in 13.10 beta.

Yippieeee!!!!

Hope it doesn't break again during the remaining development process.

[Franko Burolo (fburolo)]

I hope it, too... Still didn't try the beta, though. And it is still frustrating to feel as a bug was fixed just "accidentally". It is still unassigned here... The feeling of being ignored is still here.

[Stéphane Guillou (stephane-guillou)]

Till, can you confirm that it works after the first try and not just before you modify anything?

Cheers

[Till Sachau (till-sachau)]

It works after the first try, too. What you describe used to be precisely my problem. This has been overcome now.

It does (rarely) happen that the drop down list with the last used commands in the HUD doesn't respond. This can be overcome by a new search, after that also the drop down list works again.

Despite this little glitch, I'm quite happy with the HUD now.

[Colin Law (colin-law)]

It is not fixed for me in Saucy. Start Writer, use the hud to open a file. Try to use the hud to do File > Close, the hud appears but clicking Close does nothing.

[Removed by request (removed2831044)]

FWIW, likely an unintended sideeffect of:

 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=aoo/trunk&id=13badfb5ccd296faf480b19b2b33f7633f4085c5

also fixing the HUD.

[Till Sachau (till-sachau)]

Colin, this is suddenly (since today?) also the case on my machine. Some update of whatever package seems to have broken it again. Hope this gets fixed again for the release.

[Franko Burolo (fburolo)]

Seems like the HUD is really working fine with LibreOffice in Saucy for me, too. At least for now. I freshly installed Saucy after it was officially released.
But now the HUD doesn't look into indicators at all... But that goes for another bug report. The LibreOffice issue, which is much more cirtical for me, seems to be fixed now.

[Removed by request (removed2831044)]

So it works here in Saucy and is expected to do so with LibreOffice upstream commit 26d092b3635680248f8b176564409e6c0c24bfbf. So if you still experience this please file a new bug with an exact reproduction scenario.

[Paulo Pavačić (pavacic-p)]

I still have same problem. Using Libre Office 4.2 and Ubuntu 13.10.