Issue 18494

Summary:	Cursor position and visible text area lost after desktop or window focus change
Product:	Writer	Reporter:	philipp.lohmann
Component:	code	Assignee:	stefan.baltzer
Status:	CLOSED IRREPRODUCIBLE	QA Contact:	issues@sw <issues>
Severity:	Trivial
Priority:	P3	CC:	issues, rbe
Version:	OOo 1.1 RC2	Keywords:	oooqa
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux, all
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Latest Confirmation in:	---
Developer Difficulty:	---

Description philipp.lohmann 2003-08-21 15:05:30 UTC

Issue created on behalf of Robert Black Eagle who appended this unrelated bug to
issue 8151:

Quote:
Rather than opening a new issue for this, I would like to comment on
this issue and ask that it be reopened.

I am running linux and just installed RC3.  The problem existed in RC2
and in no previous versions I have used.  If one switches from one
window to another or to another desktop, on switching back to the
first document, the cursor and screen focus are both moved at least
two pages before the position before the switch.  Typing any text
restores the original focus and cursor position.

To reproduce:

Type any document of five or more pages (to get a feel for where the
focus moves.  Stop at the end of the document (cursor at end and focus
on the last page).  Move to another document or desktop.  Move back. 
Result: focus has moved backward several pages and the cursor is also
at that position.  Typing anything causes a sudden flip back to the
end of the document.

Expected result: focus and cursor appear where they were before.

Definitely a bug.

Comment 1 philipp.lohmann 2003-08-21 15:06:32 UTC

pl->ama: HDU can reproduce this on his desktop, i couldn't.

Comment 2 rblackeagle 2003-08-21 21:27:22 UTC

This may help:

In linux (in Windows also?), the start up screen is 4/5ths the window
size rather than full-window (maximized).  The maximization is not
saved from one opening to the next.  This has been reported as a
separate issue.  I was told that the problem reported here (moving
back by two pages when switching windows or documents) does not happen
if the screen is not maximized.  So I tried it and was very surprised:

If the screen is not maximized and a document is opened, the screen
remains at 4/5ths the size of the window.  However, opening another
document produces the weird result that the next window is full-size
and remains full size for all future uses.

Now, the problem with the focus moving backwards two pages does not
happen on the screen at 4/5ths size but does on all full-sized
screens.  Is this of any help in diagnosing the problem?

Comment 3 philipp.lohmann 2003-08-22 09:29:38 UTC

HDU, AMA and me looked into the problem yesterday and found that on
being unmapped (as a Window is when either desktop is switched or you
 iconify it) the application moves its view to accomodate the
seemingly new width and height of zero of its application window
(which is how being unmapped is reported).

Comment 4 philipp.lohmann 2003-09-09 11:02:05 UTC

*** Issue 19307 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

Comment 5 rblackeagle 2003-09-10 00:32:38 UTC

Initial problem no longer appears in 1.1RC4 based on my first test.

Comment 6 ruko 2003-09-10 09:20:59 UTC

At my SuSE 8.2 with KDE 3.1.3 and OOo 1.1 RC4 the bug is still there!
(See Bug 19307): switching desktop/virtual screen loses focus, but
keeps curser position. 
No other X Application has this bug, nor is the bug in the OOo
spreadsheet.

Comment 7 philipp.lohmann 2003-09-10 09:28:42 UTC

I can still reproduce it, too.

Comment 8 andreas.martens 2003-09-10 16:27:15 UTC

Frank, AFAIK you fixed this zero problem, didn't you?

Comment 9 frank.meies 2003-09-16 07:54:04 UTC

FME->QA: Could you please verify this and set an appropriate target?

Comment 10 stefan.baltzer 2003-10-07 17:51:59 UTC

SBA->FME: Target set to "Office later".
Reassigned to Frank.

Comment 11 stefan.baltzer 2003-10-09 14:30:16 UTC

SBA: I talked to FPE about this. He acknowledged that this is really
hindering his everyday work. In my opinion, the change of desktops or
windows is very common use (i.e. when making a lot of copy-paste
actions between different applications/windows). I therefore set the
target to "OOo 2.0".

Comment 12 stefan.baltzer 2003-10-09 14:33:18 UTC

SBA: Changed summary to meet the findings.

Comment 13 frank.meies 2003-10-10 13:55:15 UTC

FME->SBA: This problem does not exist anymore in my current SRX645m19,
Linux. I think this has been fixed with i16909.

Comment 14 rblackeagle 2004-02-12 19:56:32 UTC

The problem still exists with 1.1.1b (running on linux).

Comment 15 rblackeagle 2004-04-24 20:22:16 UTC

The problem still exists in 1.1.2rc.

The main issue is one of consistency.  I have checked on my linux machine, my
wife's Windows 95, my niece's Windows 98 and a friend's Mac and this is the
current behavior for all applications EXCEPT OOo.

Most applications remember the size when the program was last closed and open in
that size.

Some applications have a "Save Settings" button or option and take their opening
size from that option (new size if saved, old size if not).

OOo is the only application that does neither but opens in a reduced size every
time.  It is irritating and it recurs in 1.1.2rc.  Since it did not do this in
older versions (1.0 and below) it is doubly irritating in that it appears to be
a regression on one wants to do anything about.

Given fme's comment, I assumed the fix would be in 1.1.1, but it was not.  I
noticed that it is set for 2.0, so will make no further comments unless it fails
to appear in 2.0.

Comment 16 peschtra 2004-12-26 19:16:59 UTC

Have you tried Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Views > Restore > Editing View.

This should save the window size, hopefully resolving your not remembering
window size issue.

Is this being looked at for 2.0?

Comment 17 stefan.baltzer 2004-12-29 14:54:45 UTC

SBA: I cannot reproduce this in the current developer build.
Can someone please give me a reproducible scenario for a OOo 1.9.68 build
(680m68.8855) or younger. If so, don't forget to name the relevant Linux data
(Window manager etc), thx. 

Please note: I am NOT interested in OOo 1.1.X scenarios (see target milestone!).

Set To "Worksforme". This one will be closed unless I get a reliable OOo 2.0
cand. scenario.

Comment 18 stefan.baltzer 2005-03-18 18:29:45 UTC

SBA: Closed.