Bug 163749 - Editing Preferences before saving opens in a windows with a size too big for the screen [Writer]
Summary: Editing Preferences before saving opens in a windows with a size too big for ...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 160937
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.2.6.2 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium minor
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Reported: 2024-11-03 13:12 UTC by Christian Herzberg
Modified: 2024-11-03 13:33 UTC (History)
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Screenshot, the Preferences-window is bigger than whole screen. (113.41 KB, image/png)
2024-11-03 13:17 UTC, Christian Herzberg
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Description Christian Herzberg 2024-11-03 13:12:54 UTC
Description:
I use the option to edit the preferences before saving a new document. After the Update to 24.2.6.2 (LO 7) Writer opens a window that is too big for the screen. (see screenshots). It is the same window you get with menu "File" > "Preferences …". The OK-button is out of view, but responde to a simple Hit of the "Enter"-key.
There seems no way to shrink the window size. With the Mouse-Cursor, I can only make the window bigger, but not smaller.
The description tab had now (since LibreOffice 7.6) a lot more categories. So the windows is taller than the screen. When I click through the tabs, there seems no obvious reason that the window is that wide (meant from left to right). 




Steps to Reproduce:
1. Choose "File" > "Preferences …"

Actual Results:
the window opened is a lot bigger (than in LO-7.6) and is not shrinkable

Expected Results:
Expected behavior: The window should open in a smaller size and show scrollbars instead of filling the screen over the edge. The window should be changeable and should flip to scrollbars.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
I work on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, LibreOffice 24.2.6.2 420(Build:2) and with a limitted screensize of a Thinkpad X230 (1366x768, ratio 16:9).

I don't know if only Linux/Ubuntu is affected, so I choose "Linux (All)" as affected Platform. It could be a thing with the UI or the window-manager.
Comment 1 Christian Herzberg 2024-11-03 13:17:10 UTC
Created attachment 197372 [details]
Screenshot, the Preferences-window is bigger than whole screen.
Comment 2 Christian Herzberg 2024-11-03 13:22:57 UTC
Workaround: In Ubuntu you could shift the window over the top of the screen: 
1. Hold the WINDOW-KEY and left-click on the window
2. Hold the left-mouse-click and move the mouse to shift the window, so that you could see the rest of the window and the buttons (help, reset, cancel, OK)
Comment 3 Mike Kaganski 2024-11-03 13:33:57 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 160937 ***