LibreOffice multiple instance empty tabs

[diqykoce]

Hi everyone,

Please see below the screenprint that shows what happens when I open LibreOffice software. This has been the case as from my last update of the OS (Fedora 42). Has anybody experiend this issue?

[tqcharm (Mike B.)]

Is this the standard Window List extension, delivered by Fedora, but not active by default?

Can you describe how this happens, e.g. what actions do you take specifically after a restart?

A few other questions:

• Does it reproduce consistently?
• Does it reproduce with all the other GNOME Extensions disabled?
• What is the output of ls -l ~/.config/autostart?

[diqykoce]

Yes, on the extension.
I need to restart the extension.

@tqcharm

• Does it reproduce consistently? Yes
• Does it reproduce with all the other GNOME Extensions disabled? No
• What is the output of ls -l ~/.config/autostart? Nothing

[tqcharm (Mike B.)]

I didn’t understand exactly what actions do you take for multiple instances of LibreOffice to appear in the Window List.

@tqcharm

Does it reproduce with all the other GNOME Extensions disabled? No

So it only happens when some extensions (other than Window List) are enabled? If true, then the issue should be searched in these extensions. You can enable them one by one to find the culprit.

[diqykoce]

I just click on the ice and they appear.

@tqcharm

I didn’t understand exactly what actions do you take for multiple instances of LibreOffice to appear in the Window List.

I think so too. I need the Windows List for daily use, I will have to look for alternatives.

[diqykoce]

[ytrium (Vanadium)]

I am missing specific steps from your part that would allow us to reproduce the issue. When I open new Writer windows (“File - New” in LO), they neatly are added as separate buttons with the Blue LO Writer icon and labeled with the Window title. This is on a fresh install of Fed 42 (before, I upgraded during five years).

• Inform us on how LO is installed, and what version it is. Is it the standard rpm packages (installed by default on a new Fedora, I believe) or is it a flatpak?
• Did you customize any .desktop launchers of LO?
• You could test whether it is an issue with your account only by temporarily creating a new account, log in there and test whether the issue reproduces there.

[diqykoce]

Please, see my answers below,

@ytrium

• Inform us on how LO is installed, and what version it is. Is it the standard rpm packages (installed by default on a new Fedora, I believe) or is it a flatpak?
  

  

• Did you customize any .desktop launchers of LO?
  Nope

• You could test whether it is an issue with your account only by temporarily creating a new account, log in there and test whether the issue reproduces there.
  The issue persists.

[ytrium (Vanadium)]

In the software center, search “Libreoffice”. Remove the package “LibreOffice” with the white icon. If this uninstalls the components that you need, install them individually back (“LibreOffice Writer”, “LibreOffice Calc”, etc).

[diqykoce]

The extension was out-of-date. Installed Dash Lane and everything is back to normal.