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decimal · 2008-03-27 12:52:43

After updating to openoffice 2.4 my menu borders disappeared.
Any ideas?

Last edited by decimal (2008-03-27 12:53:44)

aksdb · 2008-03-27 14:15:44

Same here. Also the toolbars seem to have some redraw issues - some separators as well as the toolbar itself has some missing borderlines in some cases. I think the 2.3 version didn't even have these thick borders around the toolbar ... it looks as if it doesn't fit into the desktop environment anymore (and yes, I did try setting OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP, but it didn't change anything).

broch · 2008-03-27 15:00:43

also hovering mouse over pull down arrows (important, otherwise will not "work") of fonts menu, font size menu and style menu wipes out font name, size and style name

http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?imag … nusvn0.png

Last edited by broch (2008-03-27 15:02:53)

decimal · 2008-03-27 20:30:02

Anyone? Not even a hint?

Last edited by decimal (2008-03-27 20:30:19)

Shaika-Dzari · 2008-03-28 15:06:13

I have this problem too...:|

dyscoria · 2008-03-28 15:08:27

Hehe, well at least your menus are dropping down in the right place, unlike mine
Need to download OOo 2.4 and see if that fixes it...

decimal · 2008-03-29 03:13:58

You can use other styles too and there is no problem. I now use clearlooks and I'm fine.

Last edited by decimal (2008-03-29 03:14:13)

Proofrific · 2008-03-29 21:56:23

I have the same problem. It seems to be related to the Qt or KDE style (I'm using plastik). In "GTK Styles and Fonts", when I select "Use another style: Raleigh", the borders in OpenOffice.org 2.4 come back (after restarting it, of course). But, that's not a solution either.

denisfalqueto · 2008-03-30 01:44:12

Just for a matter of information, with compiz it doesn't show this behavior. When I switch to kwin it shows. I also use the gtk-qt engine.

berbae · 2008-03-30 13:12:08

For those who's got the menu borders back, do you get something like that :

with black color to the right and bottom borders and white to the left and top borders ?
I would like to know if the appearance in the screenshot is good, thanks for telling me.

Last edited by berbae (2008-03-30 17:08:51)

Proofrific · 2008-03-30 23:32:51

berbae wrote:

For those who's got the menu borders back, do you get something like that :
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/211/ … kj0.th.jpg
with black color to the right and bottom borders and white to the left and top borders ?
I would like to know if the appearance in the screenshot is good, thanks for telling me.

I downgraded to OpenOffice 2.3.1 (the package was still in /var/cache/pacman/pkg, then use pacman -U <pkgname>). The menus in 2.3.1 seem to match your screenshot.

MartinZ · 2008-03-31 03:36:45

Well, i guess my borders are ok, but everything from menu and toolbars disappear when i pass the mouse over them:

Yeah, the gtk style stuff fixes it, but isn't there a better way to deal with this?

ninian · 2008-03-31 14:39:02

decimal wrote:

I now use clearlooks and I'm fine.

This is what I had to do too (or use the Raleigh style).
What a silly problem this is!

decimal · 2008-03-31 19:48:33

Maybe we should fill a bug report?

Woodgypsy · 2008-04-02 22:18:50

I have my icons disappearing after upgrading to OOo 2.4, as well. I downgraded to 2.3.1 and the problem went away - but it isn't the real solution.

decimal wrote:

Maybe we should fill a bug report? tongue

I think we should..However, I am bit reluctant to do that myself because it seems to be KDE related and I am using KDEmod...:/

solstice · 2008-04-04 12:07:28

i have the same problem as reported by decimal

it seems OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde does nothing at all.

after a search openoffice variable environment, i found http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wik … _Variables
and now use
export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=kde in my ~/.bashrc

it was working fine during 3 days and all of a sudden it does NOT. after i installed a dictionnary package from extra.
i removed everything $HOME/.openoffice.org2 /opt/openoffice all openoffice package and reinstall them.
still the same problem until i unset SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN.

so try it but it may fail for you.

i still don't understand why it was working fine during 2 days and now it fails ...

Last edited by solstice (2008-04-04 14:14:12)

MartinZ · 2008-04-04 22:33:15

I tested and did nothing at all. Still using gtk interface.

mutlu_inek · 2008-04-05 01:30:39

Oh no! Such a silly bug... I am running KDE4 and OpenOffice does not even start if I use native KDE themes. Raleigh *works* (but is ugly as hell). I am glad KOffice is slowly coming along...

QuimaxW · 2008-04-24 01:52:17

My issue has been with OpenOffice menus and icons. They draw on the screen then disappear until you mouse over one of them. With the mouse over a menu item or icon it will show up. After much googling, I've simply decided to uninstall gtk-qt-engine and deal with the ugliness. I need to actually use openoffice. The gtk themes do me no good as the only two GTK programs I usually use are swiftfox and openoffice, the two apps that don't use the system gtk libs (or something like that).

BTW...kdemod with compiz, using Plastik window decorations and kdemod-gtk-qt-engine. (If anyone cares...)

mutlu_inek · 2008-06-19 10:38:03

mutlu_inek wrote:

Oh no! Such a silly bug... I am running KDE4 and OpenOffice does not even start if I use native KDE themes. Raleigh *works* (but is ugly as hell). I am glad KOffice is slowly coming along...

The new version (2.4.1) solves the issue. Finally...

QuimaxW · 2008-06-19 18:03:40

mutlu_inek wrote:

mutlu_inek wrote:
Oh no! Such a silly bug... I am running KDE4 and OpenOffice does not even start if I use native KDE themes. Raleigh *works* (but is ugly as hell). I am glad KOffice is slowly coming along...
The new version (2.4.1) solves the issue. Finally...

Sweet...I'm going to have to try this tonight now!

BKJ · 2008-12-08 22:15:42

Anyone else seeing this bug again with kdemod3 and openoffice-base 3.0.0-3? This fix so far is to "Use another style: Raleigh".

skottish · 2008-12-08 22:19:19

BKJ wrote:

Anyone else seeing this bug again with kdemod3 and openoffice-base 3.0.0-3? This fix so far is to "Use another style: Raleigh".

I've heard reports that my former laptop which is running KDEMod legacy and OO.org 3 is suffering from this. I can't get my hands on the computer for a couple of weeks, so I can't see what's happening.

BKJ · 2008-12-08 22:34:58

Ok here is what I am referring to:

and this is what it should look like:

mutlu_inek · 2008-12-08 23:42:34

Have a look at this:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56776

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