Bug 48300

Summary:	UI: Window doesn't take focus when opening an already open document
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	bugtrack
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	high	CC:	albrecht.mueller, barta, bfo.bugmail, bugtrack, erik.devriendt, mihovil, pp.luca, riggracia
Version:	3.5.1 release
Hardware:	x86-64 (AMD64)
OS:	Windows (All)
See Also:	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32935 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75471
Whiteboard:	BSA
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description bugtrack 2012-04-04 09:09:01 UTC

Problem description: 
When working with many documents open at the same time and want to open a document that is already open by double clicking the file in windows explorer I expect the already opened document to take focus. 


Steps to reproduce:
1. open document "aaa.odt"
2. minimize all windows
3. double click on file "aaa.odt"

Current behavior:
When double clicking on a file in windows explorer that is already open in LibreOffice nothing happends. This can, on a hectic day, lead to a false conclusion, that the file cannot be opened for some reason. This is by the way, the standard behavior by most windows programs.

Expected behavior:
The window with the already opened file should take focus.

Platform (if different from the browser):               
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120403 Firefox/14.0a1

Comment 1 bfoman 2012-08-31 09:06:17 UTC

Confirmed with:
LO 3.5.6.2 
Build ID: own W7 debug build
Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit

Comment 2 Maxim Monastirsky 2014-02-25 10:31:37 UTC

*** Bug 75471 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Maxim Monastirsky 2014-04-16 12:28:33 UTC

*** Bug 77518 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 tommy27 2014-05-06 12:33:41 UTC

still reproducible under Win7x64 with LibO 4.2.3.3

what about Linux and MacOS? is situation different?

Comment 5 tommy27 2014-05-07 12:55:04 UTC

a s an additional information an user from the italian AOO/OOo/LibO newsgroup told me that AOO has the same issue.

I suspect this bug is "inherited from OOo"

Comment 6 Maxim Monastirsky 2014-05-21 19:48:17 UTC

*** Bug 79025 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Mikeyy - L10n HR 2014-06-19 12:48:16 UTC

Can you please re-test this since when testing on 4.2.5.2 it seams to behave as bug reporter wanted to behave.

Comment 8 Mikeyy - L10n HR 2014-06-19 13:01:18 UTC

Sorry, it's not fixed. I didn't test with minimised windows, only with few already opened spredsheets and it always bring one I double open in foreground.
But it only works if calc windows aren't minimised.

Comment 9 d.krause 2014-08-14 07:20:44 UTC

Any news about this bug? It happens here as well and really disturbs when working with multiple documents.

Plattform: Windows 8 64 bit, LO 4.2.5.2 (older versions as well...)

Comment 10 tommy27 2014-08-16 12:53:29 UTC

no news about it. still present in 4.3.0.4 release as well.

Comment 11 John 2014-10-02 09:32:52 UTC

Still present in 4.3.1.2

Comment 12 tommy27 2014-10-02 09:42:24 UTC

@John 
please do not change version field.
it must indicate earlier version the bug has been seen, not latest.
i reverted your change.

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