Description: Original posted and confirmed here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1792017 libreoffice 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu 18.04. LTS The default working dir is hard coded to ~/Documents (Optionen -> Pfade -> Arbeitsverzeichnis -> Standard) If this folder does not exists, it falls back to ~ This creates odd situations since only the "xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" folder, in my case ~/Dokumente is on the Nautilus short cuts list, I had to redo my saved work, because I have assumed it was lost in ~/Dokumente I was able to fixed this for my family by changing the working directory in preferences manually. I had a bief look into the source https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/blob/b5867945d67dba505d0629e5e41fdc52bc78bfee/shell/source/backends/desktopbe/desktopbackend.cxx#L245 And it looks like using "xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" is intended. It is done by accessing directly the "~/.config/user-dirs.dirs" file. Maybe it fails somewhere? The xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" call works fine on the command line. This is my ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs # This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update # If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're # interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run # Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped # homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an # absolute path. No other format is supported. # XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Vorlagen" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Öffentlich" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Dokumente" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Musik" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Bilder" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos" I suggest to change the default working dir to the output of the "xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" call. That is hopeful future proof format changes Steps to Reproduce: 1. cereate ~/Documents on a German Ubuntu 2. save a file 3. Whatch the folder opened by the file save dialogue Actual Results: file is saved at ~/Documents Expected Results: file should be saved at ~Dokumente "call xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" to set the default working dir Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 6.0.3.2 Build-ID: 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 CPU-Threads: 4; BS: Linux 4.15; UI-Render: Standard; VCL: gtk3; Gebietsschema: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); Calc: group
NEW as already confirmed.
Patch in gerrit: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/67741/
Takeshi Abe committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/91731a8674d764293e2988333027f82f15b2577e%5E%21 tdf#119890 Lookup XDG_(DOCUMENTS|TEMPLATES)_DIR correctly It will be available in 6.3.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Takeshi Abe committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-6-2": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/38707435918b250d8a722f7ae324c29f00622a0b%5E%21 tdf#119890 Lookup XDG_(DOCUMENTS|TEMPLATES)_DIR correctly It will be available in 6.2.2. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Takeshi Abe committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/88d46ba32e4a03d848d82210071c42208e0d6eca%5E%21 tdf#119890 followup: Forbid HOME to be the default dir It will be available in 6.3.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Takeshi Abe committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-6-2": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/64381dad01132f74e513c347db87f304d0e704ff%5E%21 tdf#119890 followup: Forbid HOME to be the default dir It will be available in 6.2.4. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.