Description: I have a database which uses a form with subform in which a date can be entered. The form contains a date field in the main form with a dropdown. Clicking this shows a calendar centred on today’s date (fine - as it should be). The form also contains a subform with another date field. This also has a dropdown box for it’s date (edit form, right click date field, select column from list, select dropdown yes). In the subform the date always seems to be centred on 14th Feb 2019 rather than today’s date. This is inconvenient as I usually want to enter a date close to today’s date. I raised a topic about this:- https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/libreoffice-base-form-with-subform-date-dropdown-default-14th-feb-2019/125954 Applies to LibreOffice base Version: 25.8.0.4 (X86_64) and earlier versions. applies to both HSQLDB and firebird, both embedded and external databases. Running Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS. also applies to openSUSE GNOME environment (openSUSE KDE is fine). Has been suggested that it would be a bug with LibreOffice VCL gtk3. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a database with 2 tables with at least 1 date field 2. Create a form using 2nd table as subform of first table 3. Change date field of subform to "drop down" 4. When clicking the dropdown in the date field of the subform a calendar opens centred around 14th Feb 2019 rather than today's date. Actual Results: dropdown in subform is centred on 14th Feb 2019 Expected Results: dropdown in subform should be centred on current date Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: see discussion on ask.libreoffice.org forum https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/libreoffice-base-form-with-subform-date-dropdown-default-14th-feb-2019/125954 a sample database and screenshots are available there.
Created attachment 202615 [details] Very simple Sample database showing problem
Created attachment 202616 [details] screenshot showing date centered on 14th Feb 2019 Sample database and screenshot
Have tested with Linux/KDE and couldn't confirm the bug. So tested more with SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen. Also no buggy behavior. Bug appears under Linux only with gtk3. See screenshot from another user in https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/libreoffice-base-form-with-subform-date-dropdown-default-14th-feb-2019/125954 Take this as confirmation for the buggy behavior.