Created attachment 175550 [details] Demonstration of reported issue SUMMARY Since recently I've been experiencing *really* annoying issue with LibreOffice on my laptop. If I have two LibreOffice documents open (tested with Calc and Writer) and if I use Alt+TAB to switch between documents/windows, the window focus is not consistent with the selected window. For example, if I work in document 1 and use Alt+TAB to switch to document 2, the relevant window is put to front, but the focus remains on document 1. Any typing on the keyboard happens to background document 1. Please see attached video. I opened two Calc documents. Typed "1" and ENTER in "Untitled 2". Then, I switched to "Untitled 1" and typed "2" and ENTER. The number 2 appeared in document "Untitled 2" which was in the background. After investigating I found out that this happens when "Thumbnail Grid" effect is selected in Settings -> Window Management -> Task Switcher. When I select some other effect I don't experience this issue any more. I tried deleting ~/.config/libreoffice folder and it didn't help. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open two Calc documents. 2. Type "1" in the first document. 3. Switch to the second document with Alt+TAB 4. Type "2" in the second document. OBSERVED RESULT The first document contains "1" and "2" in first two rows of column 1. The second document contains nothing. EXPECTED RESULT The first document should contain "1", and the second document should contain "2". SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0 Qt Version: 6.8.0 Kernel Version: 6.11.6-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1235U Memory: 31,0 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Graphics Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: Latitude 5530 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Bug reported to LibreOffice Bugzilla: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163768
Interesting issue. When I follow the steps in your screen recording exactly, I can't make it happen, though. My system: Operating System: Fedora Linux 41 KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.9.0 Qt Version: 6.8.0 Kernel Version: 6.11.5-300.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7840U w/ Radeon™ 780M Graphics Memory: 14.9 GB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon 780M Can you try again in a new clean user account on the same machine?
Hello, Nate! Yes, I can confirm it happens with newly created account. I tried downgrading to v.24.8.0 and the issue is still present. Regards!
That is extremely strange. Thanks for testing.
I've also noticed this and I remember accidental input into other applications than LibreOffice as a cause. Probably LibreOffice was involved in these cases as I'm always tinkering with it somehow. Especially bad is that keyboard shortcuts target the wrong window, so I might accidentally close a browser tab with unsubmitted text in a field. Testing now per Branimir's steps, I can't reproduce exactly. I did initially get a behaviour where text input did not go *anywhere* after switching. Hitting arrow keys did grab focus into the expected Calc window after that. But after testing for a while, input started working fine and remained consistent. Quitting LibreOffice and retrying, I was again in the state where text input did not appear after switching. But let's set to confirmed per this result anyway. Operating System: EndeavourOS [Arch Linux] KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0 Qt Version: 6.8.0 Kernel Version: 6.11.5-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz Memory: 31.2 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 530 Version: 24.8.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 480(Build:2) CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.10; UI render: default; VCL: kf6 (cairo+wayland) Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US 24.8.1-1 Calc: threaded
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #4) > I've also noticed this and I remember accidental input into other > applications than LibreOffice as a cause. Thanks for confirming. Since you mentioned other apps, I noticed one problem with Dolphin. When I Alt+TAB to Dolphin window sometimes I can't grab the selected file (although it is selected). I need to press ESC, select it again and then I can grab it. I think that this problem is also gone now that I'm using "Compact" effect for Alt+TAB and not Thimbnail Grid as before.
Oops, I forgot to actually test after deactivating Thumbnail Grid and I still repro. Maybe I'll undo the confirmation then.
Here's better demonstration involving two Calc windows and one Dolphin window (https://nextcloud.ambraspace.com/index.php/s/P85wZ7YjfrYi6Pa). This was tested with completely new user account. I also tried two AppImage versions: Fresh, v.24.8.2.1 Still, v.24.2.7.2 and the issue also exists.
(In reply to Branimir Amidzic from comment #7) > Here's better demonstration involving two Calc windows and one Dolphin > window (https://nextcloud.ambraspace.com/index.php/s/P85wZ7YjfrYi6Pa). > This was tested with completely new user account. I do repro the issue of not being able to drag a file in Dolphin after Alt+Tabbing from LibreOffice, so I suppose I can set to confirmed. A couple of days ago another KDE-using LibreOffice developer confirmed seeing this sort of Alt+Tab weirdness.
I'm not sure if it's this same thing, but I am seeing alt-tab + thumbnail grid focus issues here on fedora rawhide ( kwin-6.2.3-1.fc42.x86_64 ) it's only thumnail grid, all the other visiulizations seem to handle focus fine. Just hitting alt or some other key with the unfocused window up brings it into focus.
*** Bug 496406 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***