Bug 169792 - Libreoffice Calc libreoffice CSV import dialog is opened in background without listing it in task bar
Summary: Libreoffice Calc libreoffice CSV import dialog is opened in background withou...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.3.2 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
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: 169854 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: CSV-Dialog
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Reported: 2025-12-02 12:26 UTC by Domas Jokubauskis
Modified: 2025-12-06 23:09 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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No Libreoffice entry in taskbar while CSV import dialog is opened (105.01 KB, image/png)
2025-12-02 12:28 UTC, Domas Jokubauskis
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Description Domas Jokubauskis 2025-12-02 12:26:38 UTC
Description:
No Libreoffice listing in the taskbar is very confusing as "Text import" dialog may be opened in the background and user does not have any indication that Libreoffice is running at all.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a CSV file with no Libreoffice windows open.


Actual Results:
Observe no Libreoffice window listing in the taskbar but "Text import" dialog is opened and may be in the backround of other active windows.
Starting main Libreoffice application does not open a new window while "Text import" dialog is opened.

Expected Results:
Opening CSV file should start empty Libreoffice Calc window with "Text import" dialog associated with it.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 8ca8d55c161d602844f5428fa4b58097424e324e
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: lt-LT (lt_LT); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 1 Domas Jokubauskis 2025-12-02 12:28:21 UTC
Created attachment 204378 [details]
No Libreoffice entry in taskbar while CSV import dialog is opened
Comment 2 V Stuart Foote 2025-12-02 14:08:44 UTC
Confirmed. The 'Text import...' dialog launches an soffice.bin instance to build/parse the dialog. But it seems abbreviated in some sense. It does not record to WDM taskbar, and Canceling it does not fall back to a full LibreOffice GUI instance.

If this is necessary for CLI filter parsing, then OK. It is kind of a corner case. Direct launch of LO from os/DE file open and filter import. 

No recurrence of the see also bug 32935 here. Don't know about bug 119813 on the linux os/DE.

But it does seem like WDM opening a "CSV" File (of any flavor) for import to an ODF Spreadsheet for scalc should fully bring up LibreOffice UI, and appear on the WDM Taskbar since it is already available to the taskmanager.

=-testing-=

Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 8ca8d55c161d602844f5428fa4b58097424e324e
CPU threads: 28; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 3 m_a_riosv 2025-12-06 23:09:18 UTC
*** Bug 169854 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***