Re: [libreoffice-users] LO opens behind Windows Explorer

To All,

Thank you for the replies. Now I know there is nothing wrong 
with my computer.

(LO 4.3.5.2, Windows 7 Professional. Yes I forgot to include 
that in my original post. Sorry.)

Regards,
-Bill

On 2/27/2015 9:22 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Comments to bug-reports should include new information such as version of
> Windows and/or version of LO that hasn't already been included in previous
> posts.  Otherwise it only increases ire.
>
> I didn't realise the issue was that common.  It's the first time i've seen
> anyone mention it on this mailing list as far as i remember.  I might well
> have missed it earlier though.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> On 27 February 2015 at 13:41, Dave <dave.tasit@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > All,
> > >
> > > Does anyone else have this problem and is there a solution?
> > >
> > > When I double click on a writer or calc file it opens behind the
> > > windows explorer window that I double clicked in.
> > >
> > > I'll explain this another way in case that's not clear. Say I have a
> > > folder open on my screen with some .odt and .ods files in it. If I
> > > double click on a file to open it, it will open behind the folder that
> > > contains the file I clicked on.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
> > >
> > > Is there a solution?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Bill
> > COPY OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE RESENT TO LIST FROM DIFFERENT EMAIL ADDRESS TO
> > BYPASS TDF's BROKEN EMAIL FILTERS!!!
> >
> > Yes Bill, I know exactly what you are talking about. I have seen and
> > used numerous Windows and Linux machines where opening the LO does not
> > grab the focus in the same way as most other programs do. A LO defect I
> > have simply learned to live with.
> >
> > There are at least 2 open Bugzilla related reports:
> > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48300
> > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75471
> > Some argue that they are different issues, I disagree, because it is
> > only the splash logo that pulls the focus to the LO window, with the
> > "-nologo" parameter set or for second instances where LO doesn't already
> > hold the focus, the code makes no attempt to set the window focus.
> > Coding to set the the window focus under Windows & Linux (don't know
> > OSX) is "Programming 101" stuff and should be listed as an "Easy Hack".
> > It has been suggested that this _might_ be fixed in version 4.5, but not
> > in any the dev builds I have tested so far.
> >
> > Is there a solution? None that I am aware of, but adding a comment to
> > one or both the above report may help to attract a developer's interest.
> >
> > Regards
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
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