Bug 79634 - LibO alters the WM_CLASS for .odt (but not .docx) from "libreoffice 4.2" to "libreoffice-writer" after being mapped
Summary: LibO alters the WM_CLASS for .odt (but not .docx) from "libreoffice 4.2" to "...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.2.4.2 release
Hardware: Other Linux (All)
: medium normal
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Whiteboard: BSA
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Reported: 2014-06-04 11:58 UTC by Shimi Chen
Modified: 2015-01-04 18:25 UTC (History)
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Description Shimi Chen 2014-06-04 11:58:38 UTC 
There seems to be an ICCM (Inter-Client Communication Conventions) violation made by LibreOffice on X11.
http://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-4.html

The end result of this is the window manager not being able to group the LibreOffice windows correctly.

Originally reported to KDE:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335741
See this comment in particular (KWin developer):
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335741#c8
Operating System: Linux (Other)
Version: 4.2.4.2 release
Comment 1 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2015-01-03 16:03:10 UTC 
Lubos: Can you confirm that this is our bug?
Thanks!
Comment 2 tommy27 2015-01-04 15:46:06 UTC 
@Shimi Chen
is this still happening with LibO 4.3.5.2 ?
Comment 3 Shimi Chen 2015-01-04 18:25:50 UTC 
This is no longer happening in 4.3.5.2.