[Linux] dialog window is *not* active --> all actions fail

[LAZA]

I copy a lot of things from the Internet into Calc.

In the 4.2 version is a bug that the window, that comes at the insertion is *not* active. In german it is called Importeinstellungen.

WORKAROUND: Every time I try to insert the text i have to change from keyboard to mouse and click "Okay" in the LO window to insert the text.

Steps to reproduce:
- start LO Calc
- start Firefox
- copy some text from FF via CTRL+c
- change window with ALT+Tab
- insert text in LO via CTRL+v
- import window comes up, not active
- hit Enter
--> nothing happens :-(

this problem hits all dialog windows, save, import, changing anything...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: libreoffice-calc 1:4.2.3~rc3-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-27.50-generic 3.13.11
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri May 30 18:35:27 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-16 (75 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140225)
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[penalvch (penalvch)]

LAZA, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. I can confirm this erroneous behavior. I've been putting off reporting it as I wasn't entirely sure if this was a bug in LibreOffice (which seems so) or the window manager.

[LAZA (laza74)]

Same problem with printing.

It is *very* annoying if somebody works a lot with the keyboard, hits "CTRL+p" and then "Enter" - nothing happens!

[LAZA (laza74)]

This is for *all* windows that open up inside of LO.

Please raise the importance cause it is not possible to work with this annoying bug!

[LAZA (laza74)]

I have also an installation on Windows XP with LO 4.3.x and there all works as expected.

Maybe this is a misconfiguration of my LO on Linux Xubuntu?

[penalvch (penalvch)]

LAZA, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one. It would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions verbatim at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport . If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about the status. Thanks in advance.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

I cannot reproduce this in trusty. Are you still affected?

[LAZA (laza74)]

No, i can't test this anymore cause i switched to the ppa 4-4 and this bug is gone.

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

Marking as fix released as original reporter cant reproduce on 4.4.x and there are Ubuntu releases featuring that and later versions.