[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 140148] New: Some dialogs disappear if the main window loses focus and this renders LO unusable with some mouse focus policies

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140148

            Bug ID: 140148
           Summary: Some dialogs disappear if the main window loses focus
                    and this renders LO unusable with some mouse focus
                    policies
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: UI
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: dav1dblunk3tt at hotmail.com

Description:
The find and replace dialogs and the standard filter dialogs (and probably
others) vanish if another main LO window gets focused.  This makes life very
hard for some desktop mouse policies (eg focus under mouse / focus follows
mouse).

For instance, I have several windows open including two or more LO windows and
the are not maximised.  If I call up one of these dialogues it may appear
somewhere on the screen that does not overlap with my current LO window.

If this occurs I need to move the mouse from the LO window to the dialog to use
it.  If the mouse crosses another LO window (which will momentarily get mouse
focus) the dialog disappears.

The way to rectify this is to either maximise the LO window (which is
irritating if you're trying to move information from document to document) or
create a stepping stone trail of non LO windows between the LO window and the
likely location of the dialog box.

It's <really> infuriating.

Steps to Reproduce:
Choose an appropriate mouse focus policy: eg focus follow mouse.

Start two or more LO calc windows, position so that the dialog boxes will
appear not over the current LO window.  Call up one of these transient dialogs.
Cross the other LO window with the mouse on the way to the dialog.  The dialog
vanishes.

Actual Results:
 The dialog vanishes.

Expected Results:
The dialog shouldn't vanish or should somehow remain tethered to the original
LO window


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
no other information - I put linux only but this is really related to window
focus policy so affects all unixs but probably not mac or windows

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