Bug 165906 - Clicking a menu in the Menu Bar only opens the File menu
Summary: Clicking a menu in the Menu Bar only opens the File menu
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 165279
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.4.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2025-03-26 00:52 UTC by Eric R
Modified: 2025-03-28 16:02 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Clicking menus, but the File menu opens first (4.64 MB, video/mp4)
2025-03-26 00:54 UTC, Eric R
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Description Eric R 2025-03-26 00:52:18 UTC
Description:
In any LibreOffice app, if I click any menu in the Menu Bar, only the File menu opens at first. Once that is open, if I roll the mouse over other menus, they will open as expected. 

In Writer, if I click and type in the document, and then click a menu, the correct menu opens. Then, if I click an icon in a tool bar, like Copy, and then click a menu, the File menu opens. 

I observed this behavior in Writer, Calc, and the "launcher" (when you first open LibreOffice)

I will attach a short screencast.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open LibreOffice
2. Click a Menu
3.

Actual Results:
Regardless of which menu I click, the File menu opens, unless the document pane has focus.

Expected Results:
Clicking a menu opens that menu.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
LibreOffice:
Version: 24.8.4.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 480(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.13; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

System:
Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.8-200.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70GHz
Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 20L6S07G00
System Version: ThinkPad T480
Comment 1 Eric R 2025-03-26 00:54:11 UTC
Created attachment 200018 [details]
Clicking menus, but the File menu opens first

This is a demonstration of the description.
Comment 2 Juan Q. 2025-03-26 06:38:38 UTC
Hello Eric, 
Thank you for reporting this, I can not reproduce using

Version: 25.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d3abf4aee5fd705e4a92bba33a32f40bc4e56f49
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 19045); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

Version: 25.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d3abf4aee5fd705e4a92bba33a32f40bc4e56f49
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 19045); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

It seems you're using an old version of LibreOffice.
Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice
from <https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/> ?
Comment 3 Buovjaga 2025-03-28 16:02:36 UTC
KDE fixed this already, not a LibreOffice bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 165279 ***