Bug 146752

Summary:	menu and dialog font size IS adjustable; not by system (that I can find)
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Pierre Fortin <pf>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	ilmari.lauhakangas, jbfaure, pf
Priority:	medium
Version:	7.2.5.2 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux (All)
Whiteboard:
Crash report or crash signature:		Regression By:
Attachments:	scalc 7.2.5.2 started first oocalc 7.2.2.2 started after scalc 7.2.5.2 running oocalc 7.2.2.2 started first scalc 7.2.5.2 stated after oocalc 7.2.2.2 running

Description Pierre Fortin 2022-01-14 02:36:43 UTC

Just downloaded LO 7.5.2.2 and installed via Mageia 7 mcc (rpm gui) -- it got installed into /opt...  OK.
After a long time using oo____ to start, realized it's now s____...  OK.

Wow!  Dialog and menu fonts are REALLY TINY....  My eyes are no longer that good. After much searching, it "appears" the fonts are controlled by the system; however, my settings are 14 and 16.  The dialogs and menus appear to be 4 or 5...

Now comes the surprise....  while scalc was running, I started oocalc (7.2.2.2) whose menu and dialog fonts were TINY like scalc's...  Hmm...  

If I start oocalc first, I get my normal fonts. Then, starting scalc, its fonts are normal to me...  

It gets better:  Help->About
oocalc, then scalc -- both appear the same and both report 7.2.2.2
scalc, then oocalc -- both appear the same and both report 7.2.5.2

So now I know these fonts are under the control of LO, not the system.

What/where is this magic config that controls the menu and dialog fonts?

In fact, the dialogs, while totally different in oocalc vs scalc; whichever is started first gets to choose the dialogs, etc...

Comment 1 Pierre Fortin 2022-01-14 02:38:16 UTC

Created attachment 177534 [details]
scalc 7.2.5.2 started first

Comment 2 Pierre Fortin 2022-01-14 02:39:26 UTC

Created attachment 177535 [details]
oocalc 7.2.2.2 started after scalc 7.2.5.2 running

Comment 3 Pierre Fortin 2022-01-14 02:42:04 UTC

Created attachment 177536 [details]
oocalc 7.2.2.2 started first

Comment 4 Pierre Fortin 2022-01-14 02:43:09 UTC

Created attachment 177537 [details]
scalc 7.2.5.2 stated after oocalc 7.2.2.2 running

Comment 5 Pierre Fortin 2022-01-14 02:45:11 UTC

Ooops: "Just downloaded LO 7.5.2.2" -- obviously should be 7.2.5.2

Comment 6 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2022-01-19 17:01:09 UTC

Please, copy-paste version infos from menu > Help > About LibreOffice -> button close to "Version info".

Status has been set to NEEDINFO, please set it back to UNCONFIRMED once requested information has been provided.

Best regards. JBF

Comment 7 Pierre Fortin 2022-01-26 13:37:03 UTC

Version: 7.2.5.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 499f9727c189e6ef3471021d6132d4c694f357e5
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: x11
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Comment 8 Pierre Fortin 2022-01-26 13:46:02 UTC

This is the old one with large (readable) fonts.

Version: 7.2.5.2.0+
Build ID: 20(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

No idea why this version now claims 7.2.5.2.0+ when it's what has been installed for quite a while as 7.2.2.2
The version in comment 7 has a more professional looking interface; BUT, the fonts are so small, I have to remove my glasses and get REAL close to the monitor to read them.

Comment 9 Buovjaga 2023-03-08 14:08:46 UTC

(In reply to Pierre Fortin from comment #7)
> Version: 7.2.5.2 / LibreOffice Community
> Build ID: 499f9727c189e6ef3471021d6132d4c694f357e5
> CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: x11
> Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
> Calc: threaded

That is using the fallback X11 UI. Use gtk3 or kf5 to get system integration.