Bug 169273 - Manual update of linked content does not work
Summary: Manual update of linked content does not work
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
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7.1.0.3 release
Hardware: All All
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Blocks: Files-Linked
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Reported: 2025-11-05 14:27 UTC by Gabor Kelemen (Collabora)
Modified: 2025-11-10 22:03 UTC (History)
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Description Gabor Kelemen (Collabora) 2025-11-05 14:27:46 UTC
This is related to bug 169267

When the Options - Calc - General -> "Update links on opening" is set to the default "On request" value, and the user refuses updating the linked values on opening, the Edit Links dialogs Update button does not let them do this either.

1. In Options - Calc - General -> "Update links on opening" make sure "On request" is selected
2. Open attachment 203741 [details] with attachment 203742 [details] downloaded in the same directory
3. When the "Automatic update of external links has been disabled." toolbar is displayed, either don't click on Allow updating or just close it
4. Open Edit - Links to External Files
5. In the Edit Links dialog press the Update button
-> Nothing happens

Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: ce72458a4492c93b4429e2173057e7afbdbbc51e
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: hu-HU (hu_HU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

This used to work before 7.1 commit:

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=75a88761b70a098e77c73a0ba716d0e78a6d4659

author	Eike Rathke <erack@redhat.com>	2021-08-01 21:40:15 +0200
committer	Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com>	2021-08-03 12:39:55 +0200
commit 75a88761b70a098e77c73a0ba716d0e78a6d4659 (patch)

Consolidate link update handling 

My expectation would be that updating the links can happen at opening time with the infobar or later from the Edit Links dialog, if the Options - Calc - General -> "Update links... " setting is not set to "Never".

Especially because if the user does not allow the update from the infobar, then currently there is no other mean to do it - the Edit Links dialogs Update button would be a realistic expectation to be a manual override for the infobar option.
Comment 1 jcline 2025-11-08 05:53:55 UTC
I was able to reproduce in these versions:

Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 620(Build:0)
CPU threads: 32; 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: 25.8.2.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: d401f2107ccab8f924a8e2df40f573aab7605b6f
CPU threads: 32; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded