Steps to reproduce: -open attachment 205136 [details] (forum-mso-en4-401306.docx) -right click on any of the drop-down fields and chose 'Edit field' You should get a dialog that lets you manage the dropdown choices etc. But starting in 26.8, All you get is a Help/OK/Cancel/Prev/Next buttons. This started with commit 446883bf612b13d48abffabddc71527ccbc3c9bc Author: Szymon Kłos on Mon Jan 5 09:40:53 2026 +0100 jsdialog: enable cross-reference dialogs Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/196356
Confirm with Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) Build ID: f4bc7693009eb181844aed884281655637f118ad CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Working well in Version: 26.2.0.2 (X86_64) Build ID: 750d5fef117734aeeb00d37a069d6c814e9eb8ce CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Just for the record, with this patch (partial revert of already quoted 446883bf612b13d48abffabddc71527ccbc3c9bc) diff --git a/sw/source/ui/fldui/fldedt.cxx b/sw/source/ui/fldui/fldedt.cxx index fb323f47108f..3c1e08744fa3 100644 --- a/sw/source/ui/fldui/fldedt.cxx +++ b/sw/source/ui/fldui/fldedt.cxx @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void SwFieldEditDlg::EnsureSelection(SwField *pCurField, SwFieldMgr &rMgr) } SwFieldEditDlg::SwFieldEditDlg(SwView const & rVw) - : SfxSingleTabDialogController(rVw.GetViewFrame().GetFrameWeld(), nullptr, u"content"_ustr, + : SfxSingleTabDialogController(rVw.GetViewFrame().GetFrameWeld(), nullptr, u"modules/swriter/ui/editfielddialog.ui"_ustr, u"EditFieldDialog"_ustr) , m_pSh(rVw.GetWrtShellPtr()) , m_xPrevBT(m_xBuilder->weld_button(u"prev"_ustr)) it works.
Hi, let me look today. I added additional container to be sure dynamic content isn't put under action buttons.
Szymon Kłos committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/30998b5bd283336a48f572487c436672c67fd71f tdf#170442 show content of edit field dialog It will be available in 26.8.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.