Bug 160382 - Option to turn on Remote access not available
Summary: Option to turn on Remote access not available
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Documentation (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.2.0.3 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Dione Maddern
URL:
Whiteboard: target:24.8.0
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Reported: 2024-03-27 02:58 UTC by Larry Cisar
Modified: 2024-05-21 16:51 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Larry Cisar 2024-03-27 02:58:52 UTC
Description:
Following instructions, when I go to Tools/Options/LibreOffice Impress/General,there is no checkbox to turn on Remote Access. Version is 24.2

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open Impress
2.go to Tools/Options/LibreOffice Impress/General
3.No checkbox for remote access

Actual Results:
Could not start remote access on my Android Phone.

Expected Results:
Link between my phone and Impress


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
To access this command...

Initially, mark the Enable remote control checkbox in Tools – Options – LibreOfficeDev Impress – General.

Select menu Slide Show - Impress Remote.
Comment 1 Michael Weghorn 2024-03-27 06:34:59 UTC
(In reply to Larry Cisar from comment #0)
> Description:
> Following instructions, when I go to Tools/Options/LibreOffice
> Impress/General,there is no checkbox to turn on Remote Access. Version is
> 24.2
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1.Open Impress
> 2.go to Tools/Options/LibreOffice Impress/General
> 3.No checkbox for remote access

The checkbox has been moved to "Slide Show" -> "Slide Show Settings", Section "Remote control" in

commit 7ca9c5bd2e2e3cda5686b7b8f5b657161eb52cdd
Author: Samuel Mehrbrodt
Date:   Thu Nov 2 15:49:49 2023 +0100

    Move "Enable Impress Remote" setting to presentation settings
    
    Instead of hiding it in the generic options dialog.
    
    This moves the last presentation related option to the presentation settings.
    
    Change-Id: I7056b43378c982f9ba496b59490ed762c1f4d21d
    Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/158834
    Tested-by: Jenkins
    Reviewed-by: Samuel Mehrbrodt


Apparently the LibreOffice documentation and the description within the Impress Remote app have not been updated yet.

Does it work as expected when you look for it there?
Comment 2 Michael Weghorn 2024-03-27 07:12:26 UTC
(In reply to Michael Weghorn from comment #1)
> Does it work as expected when you look for it there?

OP replied via email:
"Solution given worked perfectly. Thank you."

-> That leaves the documentation to be updated. Setting to NEW.
Comment 3 Dione Maddern 2024-05-20 14:19:39 UTC
It looks like the "Enable remote control" option appears in the "Slideshow Settings dialog in:

Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 9312f954b6d636f232a72e35aa2767e450690793
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: x11
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

- but the "Enable insecure WiFi connections" feature is missing. I'll add that in too.
Comment 4 Commit Notification 2024-05-21 14:58:28 UTC
Dione Maddern committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/help/commit/bfc9b74f251bd2aca3605732c30b61bd6715a7eb

tdf#160382 Document new features in Slide Show Settings help page