Bug 166190 - The pull-down list of folder selections in the LibreOffice-Dialog shows the full paths of recent files
Summary: The pull-down list of folder selections in the LibreOffice-Dialog shows the f...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.2.7.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Reported: 2025-04-15 08:26 UTC by nobu
Modified: 2025-05-12 15:59 UTC (History)
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Description nobu 2025-04-15 08:26:08 UTC
Description:
The pull-down list of folder selections in the LibreOffice-Dialog shows the full paths of recent files.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Start Center.
2. Change to LibreOffice Dialogs
   Menu - Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General > Open/Save Dialogs > Check "Use LibreOffice dialogs"
3. Open the Document file. ( ex. Calc file )
4. Menu - File > Save Aa. ( Ctrl Shift + S )
5. Push "Pull Down" in Folder selection box.

Actual Results:
6. Show Recent Files.

Expected Results:
6. The Save, Open, and Export dialogs are described in the following articles:

Folder selection
Pick up your preferred folder from the pull-down list or type its path name.
Autocomplete function can be used to ease typing.

https://help.libreoffice.org/25.2/en-US/text/shared/01/01020000.html?System=WIN&DbPAR=WRITER&HID=fps/ui/explorerfiledialog/dialog-action_area1#bm_id3247069

https://help.libreoffice.org/25.2/en-US/text/shared/01/01020000.html?System=WIN&DbPAR=CALC&HID=fps/ui/explorerfiledialog/dialog-action_area1#bm_id3247069


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:

If you do not edit anything in the folder box, the first pull-down will not be as described in the help.
If you select a file by mistake, the folder box is filled with the full path of the file.
The filename portion must be removed for it to function properly.

I would like to propose to add a new function which is not described in the help page, instead of eliminating this defect as a bug.

When you select a file name in the pull-down menu, only that folder name is automatically entered.

Opening another file in the same folder as one of the recent file names, saving it with a different name, or outputting the PDF is a possible operation, and I think it would be useful to have that function.

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Reproducible with
Version: 24.2.7.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 420(Build:2)
CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: qt5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: ja-JP (ja_JP.UTF-8); UI: ja-JP
Ubuntu package version: 4:24.2.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
Calc: threaded

Reproducible with
Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 887ed47fbdb05a2cbbef5722859cdd3e7900b73c
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (build 19045); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (ja_JP); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 1 Alan B. 2025-05-12 06:32:07 UTC
Hello nobu,

Thank you for reporting the bug. I can confirm that the bug is present in master. The folder pull-down auto-populates with recent files, not folders.

Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 9bc5b89c149497a83117edfadc3fb0b96d2f9899
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (build 19045); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded