Bug 169782 - PDF files from remote/server locations are handled with Writer instead of Draw (very likely a regression)
Summary: PDF files from remote/server locations are handled with Writer instead of Dra...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Draw (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.3.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Keywords: bibisectRequest, regression
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Blocks: PDF-Import-Draw PDF-Import-Writer
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Reported: 2025-12-01 10:57 UTC by OfficeUser
Modified: 2025-12-02 03:13 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description OfficeUser 2025-12-01 10:57:56 UTC 
- Right-click a PDF in Ubuntu filemanager that is on a smb share
- Select to open with "LibreOffice" or "LibreOffice Draw"

Result: 

That PDF is opened in Writer instead of Draw. Writer displays a huge document with cryptic characters.

Expected Result:

The PDF should be imported into Draw.


I think this is a regression.


Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 580(Build:2)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: de-DE
Ubuntu package version: 4:25.8.3~rc2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1~lo1
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 OfficeUser 2025-12-01 11:10:18 UTC 
Same issue when trying to open PDFs from smb shares from within LibreOffice via File/Open...
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2025-12-01 12:58:29 UTC 
Same for CMIS (connecting to TDF's Nextcloud instance): PDF are opened in Writer regardless from what module it is started. Don't think it's a regression.