Steps to reproduce in Writer Sidebar Properties deck 1) Open Sidebar Menu > View > Sidebar or Ctrl+F5 2) Open Properties Deck which is the first tab button in the Sidebar tab bar 3) Click in the Style panel "Set Paragraph Style" combobox, version tested has "Default Style" as default Focus/Cursor is in combobox 4) Click on Style panel title Results: Style panel collapses and focus is hidden (it is still in the combobox) Expected Results: Focus changes to Style panel title Tested with: Version:5.1.6.2 Build ID: 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1-xenial4 and Version: 6.2.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: a66b8cf8acc1a91785469938336ce8976d4175fc CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk2; Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); Calc: threaded
Reproduced in Version: 6.2.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 63f8c506637c910ed1efa572f23ff1af7715e7e3 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: ca-ES (ca_ES.UTF-8); Calc: threaded
Here is a patch that places the focus on the panel title on mouse click: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/59694/
Jim Raykowski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=9ee057d06f3d27ce3b4e92b76d070fbe75204a41 tdf#119527 Fix focus hidden by mouse click panel collapse It will be available in 6.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.