[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144768] New: When using "LibreOffice dialogs" with Windows 10, when saving a file, the dialog box will automatically select the first subfolder and not save the document. The subfolder will be opened instead.

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144768

            Bug ID: 144768
           Summary: When using "LibreOffice dialogs" with Windows 10, when
                    saving a file, the dialog box will automatically
                    select the first subfolder and not save the document.
                    The subfolder will be opened instead.
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Windows (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: medium
         Component: LibreOffice
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: bob.nargang at outlook.com

Description:
When attempting to save a LO file for the first time, if I choose a
directory/folder with subfolders, when I press the Save button, instead of
saving the file, LO will select the first listed subfolder and open that
instead. As long as there are subfolders, every time I press "Save" LO will
open the next subfolder at the top of the file/folder list. The file will not
save until there are no more subfolders. The focus seems to default to the top
listed subfolder, if there are any, and remains there until I manually do
something to change that. To change this behavior, I have to select the
filename being saved. Then the focus changes to the filename and I can now save
the file to whatever folder I select.

This only happens when using LO dialogs for Opening/Saving files. If that
setting is turned off, the Windows dialogs are used and the problem goes away.

The same thing happens when opening files. When the dialog box to open a file
opens, the default focus is to select the top listed subfolder. If you keep
pressing "Open" LO will keep opening the first listed subfolder until you reach
the last subfolder. Once you select an actual file to open and press Open, that
file will open.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open any LibreOffice program (Writer, Calc, Math, etc...) and create a
document, spreadsheet, or whatever that program is designed to create.
2. Try to save that document and choose a folder with subfolders.
3. LibreOffice will default to the top listed subfolder every time. If you
select "Save" immediately, the document will NOT be saved. Instead, that first
listed subfolder will be selected. If there are additional subfolders, each
first listed folder will be selected until there are no more subfolders. Then
the document will be saved.
4. To save the document in the first selected folder, the user has to select
the filename (with or without changing it) so the focus has now changed from
the subfolder to the filename. Pressing "Save" now saves the file.
5. The same behavior can occur when opening LO files. Instead of saving, select
"Open" and choose a folder with subfolders.
6. Every time you press Open LO will keep opening the subfolders until you
select an actual filename.

Actual Results:
Instead of saving the file, the top listed subfolder is selected. Pressing
"Save" just opens that subfolder. The file is not saved. This will happen over
and over again until there are no more subfolders or until you change the focus
from the subfolders to the filename.

Expected Results:
I would expect the software to save the file in the folder selected. If I
wanted it to keep drilling down into subfolders, I would do that myself and
then save the file to that subfolder.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No


OpenGL enabled: Yes

Additional Info:
I'm using Windows 10 Home, OS build 19043.1237 and LO Community 7.2.1.2 (x64).
This bug goes back several versions, but I cannot tell how far back. I first
noticed it several months ago and just now decided I should report it to see if
it's a problem worth developer time to fix. I'm not a heavy user of LO, so it's
possible it's been there for a while.

This bug only happens when using LibreOffice Dialogs. I verified that it occurs
with every LO program, so it is something system wide - not specific to any one
LO program. If that setting option is turned off, Windows Open/Save dialogs are
used instead and the program works as expected.

Obviously not a major issue, but it's a weird behavior that can confuse users.
I'm not aware of any other Windows program doing something similar. People like
consistency. Took me a while to figure out what was happening. The first time
it happened, I couldn't figure out how to save the file. I was in a hurry, so I
just opened MS Word and used that instead. The next time, I just clicked
through to the last subfolder, saved it there, and moved it manually. I finally
decided to "play around" and figured out what was happening. It's a simple
thing to change the focus from the subfolder to the file, but I know too many
people who would consider this an issue and say why bother even using the
software.

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