[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 95701] "Save As" fail to save, asks irritating unnecessary questions instead

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95701

Aron Budea <baron at caesar.elte.hu> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
                 CC|                            |baron at caesar.elte.hu
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #3 from Aron Budea <baron at caesar.elte.hu> ---
The issue here seems to arise from the ambiguity coming from the lack of file
extensions in the Save/Save As dialog in Linux (plus that file type dropdown is
"All Formats" by default).

Here are the general reproduction steps:
1. Start new document.
2. Save it, Save dialog comes up, add .docx extension to the file name so it's
going to be saved as DOCX and click Save.
3. Popup comes up to confirm file format, select "Use ODF Format" this time.
4. Another Save dialog comes up, where file name has to be specified again.

These are essentially the same steps as described by Helge, except in that case
there's already a DOCX document, so it defaults to DOCX even if extension is
not added.
I can somewhat understand the second Save dialog if the file name was specified
with extension: if the user chooses ODF format when the confirmation popup
comes up, then the original file name+extension is not valid anymore, and
should be confirmed again.

The questions relevant to UX in my opinion:
-What should happen if no extension was specified? (then the second dialog is
unnecessary and confusing)
-Is it fine that file name to be saved is shown without extension by default in
Linux Save/Save As dialogs?

What I consider to be bugs:
-File type picker in the bottom of Save/Save As dialogs in Linux is "All
formats", and it shows all formats, but saving with a name without extension
defaults to ODF format with the relevant ODF extension.
-If the user enters additional directories in "Name" field in the first
Save/Save As dialog (as Helge wrote in the 3rd step in the Description), the
second Save/Save As dialog should change to that directory.

Setting to NEW, since the behavior can be legitimately confusing.

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