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

On 29/07/23 19:32, Mike Scott wrote:
> 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):
>
> ===
>
> 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? :}
>
> ===
If it happens again, try the LO file dialogue. I had do do this a while 
back for a period where the KDE dialogue was acting badly under LO.

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