Re: [libreoffice-users] weirdness in save dialogue box

On 25/07/2023 21:17, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> On 25/07/2023 22:17, Mike Scott wrote:
> > On 24/07/2023 17:39, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote:
> > > Just out of curiosity, at any time did you receive a "Confirm File 
> > > Format" window and unchecked the "Ask when not saving in ODF or 
> > > default format" dialog?
> > >
> > > An error in this function might react oddly, even though unlikely.
> >
> > The "Confirm File Format" window only (and always) pops up when a 
> > non-odf format is picked from the drop-down box in the 'Save As' 
> > dialogue. "Ask when not saving in ODF..." is set in the LO options and 
> > re-appears (set) in the "Confirm format" window.
> >
> > The odd thing today is that on this machine at least, I can't provoke 
> > the erroneous behaviour... I must have just clicked "Save As" 30 or 
> > more times, and all works perfectly. Would fail regularly when I last 
> > posted. The machine has just been rebooted though... surely that can't 
> > affect things!
> >
> > Thanks to you and to all for comments.
> Yesterday I observed the behaviour you described, just once, first time 
> in a few years since the bug saving with file names containing multiple 
> '.'s (i.e. API12.578.PT100SB.odt) was fixed. This time also I had a file 
> name suggested in the "Save As" Name field, no extension showing, file 
> type .odt selected and LO saved the file without any extension.
> I couldn't repeat it. I have no idea what logic is involved.

Hmm the gremlins persist - my last email seems not to have made it to 
the list.

First, in answer to a query, the dialogue box style is set to system not 
LO's own. But as, today, I can't provoke the behaviour at all, I can't 
say whether the choice of style affects matters.

And the text of my last email, telling of a very odd thing, was as 
follows (apologies if anyone's already seen this):

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Thanks for the comment; similar I guess.

The craziest thing today though. Having tried and failed to make my 
desktop fail again, I've just tried my rather slower laptop. The 
dialogue box briefly flashed up something I couldn't make out, so I set 
a screen recorder running. Serious weirdness is evident.

When I do the 'Save As', the dialogue box comes up. At one point as I 
step through frame-by-frame, the main area (the panel with a list of 
file names on disk) is empty, and the save as file name box at the top 
contains the highlighted file name, no type.

At the next frame, the main area is populated, and the filename box now 
contains the name plus highlighted type - which is the bad behaviour I 
have noted.

I should add, it took a couple of tries to get it to happen.

I can't imagine what's going on internally to do this. And seemingly 
randomly at that.

Maybe the gremlins are getting restless? :}

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Mike Scott (unet2 <at> [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk)
Harlow Essex England
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