Bug 166362 - Document Background color not properly applied until restart
Summary: Document Background color not properly applied until restart
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.0.0 alpha0+
Hardware: All macOS (All)
: medium normal
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Reported: 2025-04-27 09:31 UTC by Telesto
Modified: 2025-05-08 13:48 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Telesto 2025-04-27 09:31:18 UTC
Description:
Document Background color not properly applied until restart

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Writer (with fresh profile, system color dark-mode)
2. The document color is black (still not liking this as default, off-topic here)
3. LibreOffice -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Set Document Background to White
4. Press OK -> Applied to the open document
5. File -> Open -> Open some existing document -> Black background

Actual Results:
Black background

Expected Results:
White background


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 16745d0b793b61d5719085c04eca8741d815865a
CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 14.7.4; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 doracela 2025-05-08 07:41:47 UTC
Confirmed in 25.8 and 25.2 that attempting to set the Document Background to White does not set it to white by following the steps listed in the initial comment.

Also confirmed that the change does not apply unless the user restarts LibreOffice.
Comment 2 doracela 2025-05-08 13:48:47 UTC
Additional Info:

Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 923da8a3855afae1f3f3a5f50d1fec08bbc02438
CPU threads: 20; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

Version: 25.2.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: bbb074479178df812d175f709636b368952c2ce3
CPU threads: 20; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded