[upstream] dialog pops up on wrong X screen

[Evan Carroll]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

In a dual monitor configuration, where one monitor is off or removed,
-move openoffice to primary screen
-select text
-right click numbering/bullets

the dialog opens on the inactive monitor, you can't move it because it doesn't register with taskbar. and you have to blindly escape (ESC) or you can't save your document because the document isn't the active widget.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Do you still have this problem with openoffice.org 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2?

Thanks,

Chris

[Evan Carroll (evancarroll)]

Yes, this bug is still present in Hardy. There is a problem fundamentally with the way open office handles dialogs and primary/secondary screen setups. Especially, with the first time you use the dialog box. If you max screen openoffice on your secondary screen and work on it, some dialogs randomly pop up on the primary screen. It seems as if it remembers the window locations after you move them once, it just gets them wrong on the start. If you switch openoffice to a different screen, back to primary for example, the dialogs will continue to open where you last closed them.

Another manifestation of this subpar window management would be full screen screen (ctrl+shift+j). Where it will always maximize to your primary screen despite being in the secondary -- with no option to change it.

[Evan Carroll (evancarroll)]

Another totally different bug related to an alternate openoffice dialog widget would be how it fails to take control of a screen with an app running in full screen mode.

run: "gnome-terminal --full-screen"
run: openoffice
ensure openoffice and gnome-terminal are on the same screen
hit something that pops up a naked widget, such as the downarrow on any toolbar (color picker for instance)

The gnome-terminal should now popup over open office.

[Evan Carroll (evancarroll)]

Why is this Won't Fix?

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

[This is an automated message.]
There are no new official OpenOffice.org releases in Ubuntu packaging anymore => Won't Fix

If the problem persists, please mark this bug as "also affects project Libreoffice" or "also affects distribution Libreoffice (Ubuntu)" if that has not happened already.

Please leave references to upstream OpenOffice.org bugs in place to allow cross pollination.