[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 126700] Untitled document remains open when have a default template

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126700

--- Comment #3 from bchemnet <bugreporter at bchemnet.com> ---
In case it is unclear from previous comments, this is triggered when starting
Libreoffice as "Writer" or "Calc", rather than through the Startcenter.  For
me, the Startcenter is cumbersome and slows me down, so I have always avoided
it.  With this bug, I now have a choice of either only opening Libreoffice via
the Startcenter or having to constantly close "untitled" windows.  The
Startcenter solution is obnoxious to me because if I am working in a desktop
view that does not have any open Libreoffice windows, the fastest way to open a
new file is to start a new window and then open my file.  This works if I open
"Writer", etc.  But if I open Startcenter, I am refocused to my first opened
window, which is not where I want to be in this circumstance, and so I still
end up with additional clicks to reorder my windows.

I think the issue with relating this to the MS suite is that if I start an
instance of Word or Excel, the resulting window is not flagged as used in
anyway, even if an instance of Word or Excel is already running.  But in
Libreoffice, because everything is literally part of the same program, it seems
that starting "Writer" or "Calc" is identical to explicitly requesting a new
file.  But those two things are in fact not the same in workflow, and so
flagging all "untitled" windows with a template as "in use" is inappropriate.

Personally, I would like to see the change reverted, as it is a significant
change in the way that Libreoffice has worked from the first time I used it 15
years ago.  Failing that, at least please modify it so that starting a new
program instance is different from clicking "new file" in Startcenter or an
existing instance.

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