Description: I am running Kubuntu 20.04 + Libre Office 7.2.0.4 that I installed myself on Kubuntu. If I click on File -> Open, I get the Open File dialog box. The filter field is editable. This is not standard. It should be a non editable COMBOBOX. Same issue with File -> Save As Steps to Reproduce: 1.File -> Open Actual Results: The filter field is editable. This is not standard. It should be a non editable COMBOBOX. Expected Results: The filter field is editable. This is not standard. It should be a non editable COMBOBOX. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: No other information.
(In reply to krumple_sodium from comment #0) > Description: > I am running Kubuntu 20.04 + Libre Office 7.2.0.4 that I installed myself on > Kubuntu. > > If I click on File -> Open, I get the Open File dialog box. > The filter field is editable. > This is not standard. > It should be a non editable COMBOBOX. Just to be sure: use of LO dialog boxes is enabled in Tools -> Options -> General? Could you also please retest with the latest version of LO (7.3.2)? Thank you. => NEEDINFO
I now have LO 7.3.2.2 and the problem is still present. No, the CHECKBOX in “use of LO dialog boxes is enabled in Tools -> Options -> General” is not checked. If I check it, the dialog box looks slightly different and the filter COMBOXBOX is not editable, which is the correct behavior. Is this a problem with the Qt libraries?
(In reply to krumple_sodium from comment #2) > I now have LO 7.3.2.2 and the problem is still present. But you can't confirm your own bugs => status UNCONFIRMED > Is this a problem with the Qt libraries? Since I don't work with Linux, I can't answer that question. But if the problem doesn't occur with the LO dialog, I admit, that it is not a LO bug. But I'm not sure for 100%. I hope a Linux user can help.
It might be non-standard, but at least it allows to filter by *.* as mentioned in bug 115229 Let's ask Michael's opinion.
LO (In reply to krumple_sodium from comment #2) > No, the CHECKBOX in “use of LO dialog boxes is enabled in Tools -> Options > -> General” > is not checked. > If I check it, the dialog box looks slightly different and the filter > COMBOXBOX is not editable, which is the correct behavior. > > Is this a problem with the Qt libraries? If that checkbox is not enabled, the idea is that LO uses the file dialog from the platform/system. The KDE file picker has an editable filter field by design, so the current behavior is as expected. It behaves the same in non-LibreOffice apps, like Kate or Okular. You can also see that by explicitly selecting a different platform theme, in which case the file picker looks different, e.g. you get a gtk3-looking dialog in which the filter field is not editable when starting LO with environment variable QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME="gtk3" set (and having that platform theme installed). (Note however that LO-specific UI elements in the file dialog may not be supported then). If you explicitly don't want the KDE/KF5/Plasma file dialog, you can use the so-called qt5 VCL plugin instead, by starting LO with these environment variables set: SAL_VCL_QT5_USE_CAIRO=1 SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=qt5 libreoffice --writer I'm closing this bug as INVALID, since from all I can say, the described behavior is the correct one.