Description:
When attempting to save a LO file for the first time, if I choose a directory/folder with subfolders, when I press the Save button, instead of saving the file, LO will select the first listed subfolder and open that instead. As long as there are subfolders, every time I press "Save" LO will open the next subfolder at the top of the file/folder list. The file will not save until there are no more subfolders. The focus seems to default to the top listed subfolder, if there are any, and remains there until I manually do something to change that. To change this behavior, I have to select the filename being saved. Then the focus changes to the filename and I can now save the file to whatever folder I select.

This only happens when using LO dialogs for Opening/Saving files. If that setting is turned off, the Windows dialogs are used and the problem goes away.

The same thing happens when opening files. When the dialog box to open a file opens, the default focus is to select the top listed subfolder. If you keep pressing "Open" LO will keep opening the first listed subfolder until you reach the last subfolder. Once you select an actual file to open and press Open, that file will open.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open any LibreOffice program (Writer, Calc, Math, etc...) and create a document, spreadsheet, or whatever that program is designed to create.
2. Try to save that document and choose a folder with subfolders.
3. LibreOffice will default to the top listed subfolder every time. If you select "Save" immediately, the document will NOT be saved. Instead, that first listed subfolder will be selected. If there are additional subfolders, each first listed folder will be selected until there are no more subfolders. Then the document will be saved.
4. To save the document in the first selected folder, the user has to select the filename (with or without changing it) so the focus has now changed from the subfolder to the filename. Pressing "Save" now saves the file.
5. The same behavior can occur when opening LO files. Instead of saving, select "Open" and choose a folder with subfolders.
6. Every time you press Open LO will keep opening the subfolders until you select an actual filename.

Actual Results:
Instead of saving the file, the top listed subfolder is selected. Pressing "Save" just opens that subfolder. The file is not saved. This will happen over and over again until there are no more subfolders or until you change the focus from the subfolders to the filename.

Expected Results:
I would expect the software to save the file in the folder selected. If I wanted it to keep drilling down into subfolders, I would do that myself and then save the file to that subfolder.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No


OpenGL enabled: Yes

Additional Info:
I'm using Windows 10 Home, OS build 19043.1237 and LO Community 7.2.1.2 (x64). This bug goes back several versions, but I cannot tell how far back. I first noticed it several months ago and just now decided I should report it to see if it's a problem worth developer time to fix. I'm not a heavy user of LO, so it's possible it's been there for a while.

This bug only happens when using LibreOffice Dialogs. I verified that it occurs with every LO program, so it is something system wide - not specific to any one LO program. If that setting option is turned off, Windows Open/Save dialogs are used instead and the program works as expected.

Obviously not a major issue, but it's a weird behavior that can confuse users. I'm not aware of any other Windows program doing something similar. People like consistency. Took me a while to figure out what was happening. The first time it happened, I couldn't figure out how to save the file. I was in a hurry, so I just opened MS Word and used that instead. The next time, I just clicked through to the last subfolder, saved it there, and moved it manually. I finally decided to "play around" and figured out what was happening. It's a simple thing to change the focus from the subfolder to the file, but I know too many people who would consider this an issue and say why bother even using the software.