Bug 160937 - Document Properties pages in all modules do not fit screen and cannot be resized
Summary: Document Properties pages in all modules do not fit screen and cannot be resized
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.2.0.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
: medium minor
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Reported: 2024-05-04 22:04 UTC by Roger T. Imai
Modified: 2024-05-05 23:33 UTC (History)
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screenshot of unresizable Document Properties page (106.87 KB, image/png)
2024-05-04 22:11 UTC, Roger T. Imai
Details
Showing that the dialog is resizable (74.30 KB, image/png)
2024-05-05 16:49 UTC, jcsanz
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Description Roger T. Imai 2024-05-04 22:04:13 UTC
Description:
ACTION BUTTONS at the bottom of the DOCUMENT PROPERTIES page in all modules of LO are UNREACHABLE, and PROPERTIES page cannot be resized. 

This is similar to a bug affecting the PRINT OPTIONS dialog window: FerbTux 2020-04-03 18:20:58 UTC  Comment 67 bug id 127782 (#c67)

A RELIABLE WORKAROUND IS TO

 1- CLICK ON THE PROPERTIES PAGE

 2- PRESS ALT-F7

This releases the PROPERTIES page from the Menu bar lock, allowing it to be moved up to expose the ACTION buttons.

~$  libreoffice --version
LibreOffice 24.2.0.3 420(Build:3)

UNNECESSARY SYSTEM INFO
Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
point version 12.5
kernel 6.6.13+bpo-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.6.13-1~bpo12+1 (2024-02-15)
GNOME Shell 43.9
display server wayland
resolution 1600 x 900

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a new document in any LO module
2. In the main menu, select File, Properties
3. Document Properties page is too high for screen and cannot be resized
4. Click on the page, then press Alt-F7 to free the page from the menu bar lock.

Actual Results:
Workaround is reliable until the UI will be fixed.

Expected Results:
The WORKAROUND behaves as expected, displaying previously unreachable ACTION buttons.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
A similar bug in LO PRINT OPTIONS page occurred in 2020.
SEE: FerbTux 2020-04-03 18:20:58 UTC  Comment 67 bug id 127782 (#c67)

THE SAME ALT-F7 WORKAROUND WAS USABLE IN THAT CASE UNTIL THE UI WAS FIXED.
Comment 1 Roger T. Imai 2024-05-04 22:11:35 UTC
Created attachment 193969 [details]
screenshot of unresizable Document Properties page

Screenshot of LO Document Properties page with unreachable ACTION BUTTONS below the screen edge. The page is locked to the top menu bar, and cannot be resized. However, Alt-F7 unlocks the page, allowing the page to be moved, for access to the ACTION BUTTONS.
Comment 2 m_a_riosv 2024-05-05 00:18:11 UTC
Please test in safe mode, Menu/Help/Restart in Safe Mode

Please paste here the information on Menu/Help/About LibreOffice (There is an icon to copy)

Pls, what is your screen resolution?
Comment 3 jcsanz 2024-05-05 16:49:25 UTC
Created attachment 193975 [details]
Showing that the dialog is resizable

Tested on my computer, the dialog is visible and resizable.
Also tested i a virtual machine with a resolution of 1599x898, and also is visible an resizable.

May be the system and version on LibreOffice is important and necessary.

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Version: 24.2.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d56cc158d8a96260b836f100ef4b4ef25d6f1a01
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22631; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: es-ES
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 4 Roger T. Imai 2024-05-05 23:33:36 UTC
Additional unsuccessful attempts to fix oversized (and not resizable) Document Properties window page:

* Turned OFF Attach Modal Dialogs (to parent window) in DConf Editor at org.gnome

* Tried all installed LO icon themes (LO Options, View, Icon Theme)

* Changed Options, View, Icon Size for Toolbar, Notebook, Sidebar to SMALL

* Reverted all menu configurations to Default (which was my initial setting anyway.)

~$  sudo apt list -a libreoffice
Listing... Done
libreoffice/stable-backports,now 4:24.2.0-1~bpo12+1 amd64 [installed]
libreoffice/stable,stable-security 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u1 amd64

@jcsanz: I believe you're right, the system and version matters. I think this issue involves GTK4 (hence, not Windows builds.) I have the latest .deb available in bookworm-backports (which is not the very latest release,) and will look forward to the hoped-for fix in a future backports update.

Thank you for attempting to confirm this bug.


Correction! I speculated that the oversized LO Document Properties window was a GTK+4 issue. However, I just now checked, and I have GTK+ 3, 4, and 5 installed. Moreover I also have qt5 with Wayland support. This may more complicated than I imagined.