Window Focus Issues

I’m having great difficulty with LibreOffice (LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 Version ID : 350m1(Build:2) under Ubuntu 12.04.

Firstly, the window itself does not appear in the list of open windows when I use ALT TAB. If there are other windows in front of the LibreOffice one, I have to reduce them all, in order to see it.

If I make the mistake of reducing the LibreOffice one, it is impossible to access it via the launcher, and I have to go to the command line and kill the application, before relunching it and ‘recovering’ the file I was working on.

Help!

Hi Anonymous,

Please file a bug about this problem. The QA team will be happy to help you track down this issue! Thanks!

Don’t know about other Linux distributions, but on Ubuntu, you can bring the window back to front by issuing the following command: wmctrl -a LibreOffice

Hi Anon,

See @noqued’s Answer for instructions about bringing your window to the front. If you’re still having trouble with window focus, and if installing the latest release doesn’t seem to fix this problem, please file a bug and provide a list of steps that can reproduce your problem. The QA team will be happy to help you track down this issue!

Please post a link to any bugs you file in a comment below using the format “fdo#123456”.

Thanks!