Bug 168163 - LibreOffice crashes when switching User Interface to 'Tabbed' mode when .docx open
Summary: LibreOffice crashes when switching User Interface to 'Tabbed' mode when .docx...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 167956
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.0.4 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
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Reported: 2025-08-28 17:45 UTC by enriquermcd
Modified: 2025-08-28 18:32 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
docx file 1 (114.68 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2025-08-28 17:47 UTC, enriquermcd
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docx file 2 (111.09 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2025-08-28 17:47 UTC, enriquermcd
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Description enriquermcd 2025-08-28 17:45:00 UTC
Description:
On a fully updated Arch Linux system, the LibreOffice application crashes consistently and immediately when attempting to switch the user interface layout to "Tabbed" when a .docx file is open. The crash occurs even with a completely fresh user profile. Other UI layouts work correctly.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start LibreOffice with a fresh/new user profile (to ensure no user configuration is causing the issue).

2. Launch LibreOffice Writer.

3. Navigate to the menu View > User Interface... (In German: Ansicht > Benutzeroberfläche...).

4. Select the "Tabbed" ("In Registern") layout from the list.

5. Click the "Apply to All" button.

Actual Results:
The LibreOffice application window closes and the process terminates immediately (crashes).

Expected Results:
The LibreOffice UI should successfully switch to the Tabbed layout and the application should remain stable and usable.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.0.4 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 580(Build:4)
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 6.16; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: de-DE
25.8.0-1
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 enriquermcd 2025-08-28 17:47:01 UTC
Created attachment 202562 [details]
docx file 1

This is one of the files that lead to crashing
Comment 2 enriquermcd 2025-08-28 17:47:22 UTC
Created attachment 202563 [details]
docx file 2

This is one of the files that lead to crashing
Comment 3 BogdanB 2025-08-28 18:32:34 UTC
enrique, thank you for reporting the bug. This issue has previously been reported, so this bug will be resolved as a duplicate of the earlier report. You will automatically be added to the CC list of the other bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 167956 ***