Solved LibreOffice window being really small when started

[bxbzq]

Hi,
If this is not correct forum, please tell me which forum to post.
I'm on xfce. I have this wierd LibreOffice window behavior.
Everytime when I open LibreOffice, its window is very small and located at top left of the desktop. It is so small that in the beginning I didn't realize LibreOffice was already opened and I started to believe the package was broken. Please see attached pic. Can you see LibreOffice's window?
Any solution?

 

[Kaminar]

I have LibreOffice 7.4.4.2 and everything is fine on Enlightenment DR16 (x11-wm/e16). Maybe it is an Xfce issue.

 

[YYY__]

It's a bug. Resize don't maximize... In Xfce I would have run rm -r ~/.cache first.

Libre Office weird small windows in Plasma - issue

Thanks! That is the good workaround. All maximized window open in a problematic state, but unmaximized open correctly, so what you said checks out!

forum.manjaro.org

150236 – Does not open full screen, ooSetupFactoryWindowAttributes not being filled ( steps in comment 21 ) ( LibreOffice 7.4 only )

bugs.documentfoundation.org

 

[jmos]

Maybe related to your problem: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/...fter-reopening-maximized-window-solved.87207/

 

[T-Daemon]

Everytime when I open LibreOffice, its window is very small and located at top left of the desktop. It is so small

The same problem has another user in the forums.

Xfce - LibreOffice Zero-Size Window After Reopening Maximized Window (Solved)

Hi All, Since the upgrade to libreoffice-7.4.2.3 and Xfce-4.16 the Office now opens a zero-size window after it was maximized and closed. Wrong window size data is saved into config after the window is maximized. Screenshot is attached. Really annoying. Does anybody know if it's a LibreOffice...

forums.freebsd.org

Workaround in post # 6.

 

[VladiBG]

If you close the lowriter when it's maximized it save the incorrect ooSetupFactoryWindowAttributes under ~/.config/libreoffice/4/user/registrymodifications.xcu line 102 in the file. If you don't maximize the window it's ok.

<item oor:path="/org.openoffice.Setup/Office/Factories/org.openoffice.Setup:Factory['com.sun.star.text.TextDocument']"><prop oor:name="ooSetupFactoryWindowAttributes" oor:op="fuse"><value>17,27,1004,618;1;0,0,0,0;</value></prop></item>

150236 – Does not open full screen, ooSetupFactoryWindowAttributes not being filled ( steps in comment 21 ) ( LibreOffice 7.4 only )

bugs.documentfoundation.org

 

[bsduck]

I also have this bug with LibreOffice 7.4 from quarterly but it's fixed in version 7.5 from latest.

 

[bxbzq]

I tried,

remove everything in ~/.cache,
remove everything in ~/.config/libreoffice/4/user,
replace line 102 in ~/.config/libreoffice/4/user/registrymodifications.xcu with the line posted by VladiBG.

Unfortunately, none of these works. I'm using libreoffice 7.4.4.2.

If the bug is fixed in 7.5, I hope it will be included in next quarter, which is not very far away.

 

[jmos]

Unfortunately, none of these works. I'm using libreoffice 7.4.4.2.

…what I'm missing in your list: Are you using LibreOffice with a full screen window? The know problem is that is saves a wrong window geometry if a user maximizes the window. Also: Execute LibreOffice without a file, and open the wanted document from its menu - I got different behaviours on this. (But: I can't re-check this again as I'm using ports. And I don't use Xfce.)

 

[T-Daemon]

I tried,
....
Unfortunately, none of these works.

Have you tried

Workaround in post # 6.

of thread

Xfce - LibreOffice Zero-Size Window After Reopening Maximized Window (Solved)

Hi All, Since the upgrade to libreoffice-7.4.2.3 and Xfce-4.16 the Office now opens a zero-size window after it was maximized and closed. Wrong window size data is saved into config after the window is maximized. Screenshot is attached. Really annoying. Does anybody know if it's a LibreOffice...

forums.freebsd.org

Looks like LibreOffice in FreeBSD's repo is using experimental Qt5 UI. I've added this to /usr/local/bin/libreoffice:

SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen
export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN

Now everything works fine.

 

[bxbzq]

If I close libreoffice from:
maximized window, then running it gives me tiny window;
full screen, then running it gives me max window;
half max window, then running it gives me same half max window.

Most of time, I use libreoffice on max window. I suppose this is also how most of people use it.

…what I'm missing in your list: Are you using LibreOffice with a full screen window? The know problem is that is saves a wrong window geometry if a user maximizes the window. Also: Execute LibreOffice without a file, and open the wanted document from its menu - I got different behaviours on this. (But: I can't re-check this again as I'm using ports. And I don't use Xfce.)

 

[bxbzq]

Oh forgot to mention it.
Yes, I have. Doesn't seem to make a difference - closing libreoffice from max window then opening it gives me tiny window.

Have you tried

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Xfce - LibreOffice Zero-Size Window After Reopening Maximized Window (Solved)

Hi All, Since the upgrade to libreoffice-7.4.2.3 and Xfce-4.16 the Office now opens a zero-size window after it was maximized and closed. Wrong window size data is saved into config after the window is maximized. Screenshot is attached. Really annoying. Does anybody know if it's a LibreOffice...

forums.freebsd.org

 

[bxbzq]

It looks there is no difference whether i open libreoffice with no file or open it by clicking a .doc file.

…what I'm missing in your list: Are you using LibreOffice with a full screen window? The know problem is that is saves a wrong window geometry if a user maximizes the window. Also: Execute LibreOffice without a file, and open the wanted document from its menu - I got different behaviours on this. (But: I can't re-check this again as I'm using ports. And I don't use Xfce.)

 

[BaronBS]

I can confirm that the version of Libreoffice in latest don't have this bug.
I can also confirm that I had this bug while in quartely.

Ps.: I dind't change the repo because of this, was just a good surprise.

 

[blackhaz]

Just to make sure, I have re-tested this SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN workaround, and it works for me. bxbzq, you're adding these lines before the last exec line, right?

 

[bxbzq]

Ah huh. Yesterday I added the 2 lines to the end of the libreoffice file, and it had no effect. I just moved them 2 lines up, now it's working. Thanks for the tip.

By the way, it looks to me that adding this SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN makes the libreoffice appearance a bit different. I guess that's fine for me.

Just to make sure, I have re-tested this SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN workaround, and it works for me. bxbzq, you're adding these lines before the last exec line, right?