Bug 162770 - Empty (0B) calc files created via desktop contextual menu are opened under generic icon
Summary: Empty (0B) calc files created via desktop contextual menu are opened under ge...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.0.3 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL: https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/default...
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Reported: 2024-09-03 14:48 UTC by medmedin2014
Modified: 2024-09-03 17:44 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description medmedin2014 2024-09-03 14:48:09 UTC 
Created attachment 196206 [details]
Calc file opened under generic icon

Steps:

Using KDE Plasma 6.1.4 with LibreOffice 24.8.0.3

1. Right click on desktop, Create New> LibreOffice Calc, Name it and click on OK.
2. Double click on that newly created file

Expected:
It should be opened under Calc icon.

Observed:
The file is opened under LO generic icon (see attached image for more info)


Info:

Operating System: Manjaro Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.10.7-3-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Version: 24.8.0.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 480(Build:3)
CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 6.10; UI render: default; VCL: kf6 (cairo+wayland)
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
24.8.0-2
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 medmedin2014 2024-09-03 14:50:19 UTC 
This is KDE response 
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487316
Comment 2 Mike Kaganski 2024-09-03 15:28:11 UTC 
FTR: the empty files are relatively new (since version 7.5), where we switched from the real ODF files (that prevent automatic creation using the current default template) to zero-byte files, that allow LibreOffice to detect that, and use the user default template to initialize such documents. See bug 139962, where that was implemented (and its pre-requisites 123476 and 139991). These empty files are not "broken", nor "bug". If there is a mechanism that LibreOffice doesn't use to set its group icon in KDE in this case, is a possible bug/enhancement in this area.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-09-03 16:41:16 UTC 
JFYI the empty files are in fact broken from the perspective of shared-mime-info, which fails to identify them properly:

> $ file --mime-type ~/Desktop/foo.ods 
> /home/nate/Desktop/foo.ods: inode/x-empty

Options include:
1. Change shared-mime-info to accept empty files as valid for these document types
2. Change LibreOffice to not go down a different codepath when opening one of these empty files in a way that manifests the bug
3. Return to using non-empty files for the templates
Comment 4 Mike Kaganski 2024-09-03 16:42:31 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> Options include:
> 3. Return to using non-empty files for the templates

No, 3 is not an option.
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2024-09-03 16:43:59 UTC 
I'm just saying it's an option from a technical perspective to fix this bug. If implementing it would cause other issues, then it's not a practical option, and you're limited to #1 or #2.
Comment 6 Mike Kaganski 2024-09-03 17:44:42 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5)

*Here* we are likely limited to #2 - because #1 is outside of LibreOffice project scope.