LibreOffice windows always minimized

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#1

Hello,

After the next upgrade for Tumbleweed, LibreOffice (version 7.4.1.1) opens with a minimized window.
I have to check the “maximize” box to show the window.
Is it a libreoffice’s bug or Tumbleweed’s bug ?
I can solve this ?
Thank you.

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20220914
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5
Kernel Version: 5.19.8-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz
Memory: 7.5 Gio of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Xe Graphics
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: Modern 15 A11M
System Version: REV:1.0

#2

I updated two TW machines earlier today which brought in that version of LO, I’m not seeing the behaviour you describe on either of those systems.

You could create a “Window Rule” to force the window to always open maximised.

(KDE) System Settings -> Window Management -> Window Rules - Add New

I note you’re running Wayland, I’m using X11, don’t know if that’s significant.

#3

Dear all,

I have the same issue with 7.4.1.1.
When starting an odt… document, LibreOffice is starting, but no window is opening (it’s only small in the kicker, but I can’t maximize it). I have to close LibreOffice (right click on the tab in the kicker…), then starting LibreOffice in general, now it is half open, then I have to maximize it and I can choose my last file from the recent files menu. I also can’t open two documents in parallel!
Short: working with LibreOffice is currently hard (and impossible when you normally work with more than one document).
I think this also happened some years ago.

I’m using KDE with X11 and not Wayland.

Best,

Michael

#4

I’m not too sure that’s the same issue as the OP, but until he clarifies the issue…

And again, I’m not seeing that issue either. *.odt documents opened from Dolphin cause LO to launch correctly.

TW:
20220914

LO:
Version: 7.4.1.1 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 40(Build:1)
CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.19; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-GB
Calc: threaded

Have you tried with a new user to see if the issue is some way connected with your user profile?

#5

This issue only appears under special hardware/DE combinations. It won’t dissapear with a freshly created user (but the TO should still try it). In Mageia 8 an other user had same problems: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30152

I know that there was also an upstream bug filed, but i can’t find it anymore…

P.S.: There are several bugs regarding window size issues at LibreOffice…as example https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151004 This one is for Ubuntu. The issue is indepentend from linux distribution.

#6

It’s the same thing with x11.
How many time have you run librewriter ?
before the last upgrade, i don’t have this bug

#7

You mean Version: 7.4.1.1? Several times today, on two different TW installs, both as real use and as a test case for your reported bug.

before the last upgrade, i don’t have this bug

I don’t dispute that. As I said I’m not seeing the issue, and as@hui wrote in post #5 it appears that “This issue only appears under special hardware/DE combinations.”

You have the option of course of downloading an older version of LO directly from:
https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/
if you so wish.

#8

@chalu

Apologies :slight_smile: …

I am able to replicate this issue, but only if LO is maximized when it is closed. (I don’t normally have LO maximized when I use it, hence I wasn’t seeing the bug).

It seems to be this bug reported at KDE: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459107

Comment #11 of that report states:

This is a LibreOffice bug, fixed in LibreOffice 7.4.2, s. https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150856

#9

I have seen this as I do normally have LO maximised. I have been able to bypass the issue by setting up Special Windows Settings to force the size to maximum until they fix it.

Stuart

#10

I have a version of this problem with my TW laptop. Not only does LO fail to open in full window, it remains as a minimised app in the Task Bar but cannot be opened. Very annoying as I am trying to work, made more difficult now as I have a kernel panic problem on my workstation.

I am trying to install an older version but never done this before.

There is a suggestion in the bug report that this has been fixed in the daily build but no idea how to get this and don’t have a great deal of time to work on it.

#11

@Budgie2

The easiest temporary “fix” would be a window rule, as suggested by myself in post #2 and by @broadstairs in post #9

#12

Thank you for the links. We just have to wait for version 7.4.2 :slight_smile:
With version 7.4.1, i run libreoffice centre → maximize (it’s quick) and then i run writer or calc.

#13

7.4.1.2 is now in TW snapshot 20220922

Revert changes that cause problems with the libreoffice window in KDE, bsc#1203502