When LibreOffice's built in dialogs (Tools > Options > General > Use LibreOffice dialogs) appear, you can still access LibO's main window. Examples include clicking on start center recent list items or clicking on the toolbar or sidebar in Writer. Version: 4.4.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: c68642d535f2ebb7f1cd866ad19b1fd018e7cd6d TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86@45-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2014-10-18_23:03:32 This is a regression as it doesnt happen in 4.3. Version: 4.3.4.0.0+ Build ID: bea74d73f4782b17f5286327f15db60ab3ae85de TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86@45-TDF, Branch:libreoffice-4-3, Time: 2014-10-15_05:34:17
IIRC there was some commit to improve this lately ?
This is called “modal dialog”, and I’m working on this.
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=e5a7e7249a32493d175ad94ee4e650320518d711 fdo#85347 Make file picker modal again It will be available in 4.5.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-4-4": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=6adc5da9246b098a3fcfdee094a742514dcec761&h=libreoffice-4-4 fdo#85347 Make file picker modal again It will be available in 4.4.0.0.beta2. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.