[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 123972] UI menu disappears before submenu can open

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123972

Nick Levinson <Nick_Levinson at yahoo.com> changed:

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--- Comment #17 from Nick Levinson <Nick_Levinson at yahoo.com> ---
I opted for version 7.0.1 (Fresh), because it's the latest classified as
stable. I opted for Fresh Portable, specifically
LibreOffice-7.0.1.en-GB.help-x86_64.AppImage . Saving did not let me choose the
destination directory or to open it without saving. It was saved by default to
the Downloads directory but double-clicking it failed to identify an app that
would open it. I went to /usr but, acting as nonroot, couldn't create a new
directory (to prevent confusion with anything else that might get written into
/usr). Since I shouldn't need root access for the purpose and running as root
is a security risk, I chose to copy the file into /Home/Desktop (I guess that's
in my account directory). Using Properties, I set it to executable. I
double-clicked it and it opened, showing me the LO desktop, which had a new
design compared to the LO version I usually use. The new one is still called
soffice, which I guess dates from StarOffice days. So I went back, per your
instructions, to the CLI and ran SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen .

I've now run the new LO from the AppImage two ways:

Without SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen , the problem remains. I should emphasize a point
that may explain why people above could not reproduce the problem. With alt-f
or alt-o, even if you release the letter quickly, the menu behaves correctly
unless you also release alt quickly after the letter, and speed typists are
likely to release both quickly. Quick release of both (in the right order)
causes the menu to open and close too quickly for use. You can't select a
command.

(Quickly releasing in the wrong order is a trivial case. The menu might not
open at all, and that's as expected.)

But with SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen , the problem is absent. The menus look
different and they behave correctly even with quick release of both keys.

Conclusion so far: without the environment variable and value
(SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen), quickly releasing both keys causes the misbehavior.
With the variable and value, the behavior is right.

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