Description: Suggesting to add a GUI based setting that would allow LibreOffice splash screen to be turned off and also open LibreOffice applications smoothly after this splash screen setting is set to be off. Actual Results: LibreOffice by default shows a splash screen every time any applications within the suite are opened, for example Calc and Writer. I have seen that there is a way to hide this splash screen if desired, by editing the following file `/etc/libreoffice/sofficerc` This does work, but when applied, any time you open a Calc or Writer based document, for example from your file manager, it causes a flashing effect of windows. file manager / libreoffice window / file manager / libreoffice window which then loads up Calc or Writer. Not sure if other users experience this? Not sure if this is the purpose of the splash screen? This can be visually distracting and is not desired. Expected Results: Suggesting two things -Using current `/etc/libreoffice/sofficerc` approach mentioned above If it is possible, allow the splash screen to be hidden, but then fix this so that file manager just shows after hitting ENTER to open the file, and then just have LibreOffice window to show when the document is loaded, which is how applications generally function. -GUI based setting If the above is not possible, then this second suggestion does not really mean anything because it would be probably better for user to keep splash screen rather then see flashing windows. However if this could be achieve, then I am suggesting to also add a graphical setting in `Options - LibreOffice` section for user to show/hide this splash screen, rather then requiring user to sudo into a system based file to turn this splash screen on/off, which most users also would probably not know about. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info:
please, give the reference for this "sofficerc" editing. also give details about your window and file managers. not sure what "flashing effect" concretely mean.
Thank you for reply. Sorry I did not realize there were more ways then one to achieve this? I mentioned above the path and file but I can explain further. Linux / Debian 12 based (X11) 24.8.4.2 SSD (not HD / not NVMe) This was a lot of time and typing, please someone test this.
PROCESS USED TO DISABLE SPLASH SCREEN So on Linux based systems.... 1. Go into the following path `/etc/libreoffice/` 2. You should see a text file (without a file extension) named `sofficerc` 3. Open text file `sofficerc` in your associated/favorite text editor with root privileges. 4. At the top of text file shows [Bootstrap] with list of text setting under it. Find the line that reads `Logo=1` 5. Change `Logo=1` to `Logo=0` and save this text file to turn off LibreOffice splash screen.
FLASHING EXPLAINED 1. After splash screen is turned off 2. Open Linux based file manager 3. Navigate to a Calc document 4. Double click on that Calc document or hit ENTER to open Calc document 5. When Calc document is launched this is where anyone testing this should pay attention to screen to see the flashing I am describing. -I am using dark theme so might be different colors. -Depending on machine / document size will determine how fast this occurs when loading document. -Spreadsheet sizes vary 15KB - 60KB maybe a couple 80-120KB Mainly text, no images/graphics (I wish Calc + Calc documents would be able to load up faster in general) 6. Flashing screen order -File manager maximized -Blank maximized gray screen (LibreOffice based window, will explain more below in 7) -File manager maximized again -Blank maximized gray screen Calc window, at bottom shows the text "Loading Document" with blue loading bar. -Then spreadsheet document becomes visible. 7. Something I just noticed this time when testing. -After you load 1 document -If you leave it open -Then go into file manager and load a different document -Then the beginning flashing items mentioned in 6 above do not occur. -Just the blank maximized gray screen Calc window with text and blue loading bar at bottom. So that first blank gray screen might be the main LibreOffice window (the one that shows grid of previously opened documents). Or could just be a blank Calc window, not sure. ---------------------------------------------- SPLASH SCREEN ON Screen Order (loading just 1 document) -File manager -Splash screen -Blank Calc screen blue loading bar at bottom -Then same blank Calc screen but loading bar is gone -Then spreadsheet becomes visible Again would just like LibreOffice to just quickly open spreadsheet files, especially without screens flashing/cycling as explained above. Hope this was helpful and worth explaining in detail Thank you to anyone who reads this
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indeed, disturbing. Version: 25.2.6.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 520(Build:2) CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Ubuntu package version: 4:25.2.6-0ubuntu0.25.04.1 Calc: threaded