Hello!
I’m new to LibreOffice writer. I’m using version 24.2 on MacOS, M1 processor.
I started using it and my first impression is that it works fine, but I have the following
problem: the settings on the right (styles, pages, fonts, etc…) for some reason changed
to a floating window. That might be good for some environments to save space, but as I’m
using a 4K display (about 1.1m diagonal), I’m not short of space and it would be better
to keep things at the same place, i.e. disabling floating windows.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks!
Pascal
Try (the Mac equivalent of) Ctrl+ Shift+F10.
Alternatively there should be a menu option on the floating sidebar to Dock. The menu may be a hamburger menu at top right - at least that is how it appears for me (on Linux)
Hello!
Thanks for your reply. It works now, using the menu on top right (3 lines, it looks
like a text icon without the frame, By the way, is it what you cal a hamburger?).
Choose “Dock” inside the popup.
Just in case for other mac users: the keys and any combination of them
don’t work. I tried with shift, control, option, command + F10. Any combination
of them doesn’t work, it always results in sound mute toggle.
The strange thing is that I had already found the menu yesterday, tried to dock
and it didn’t do anything. But it was late…
Thanks!
Pascal
Yes indeed it is.
Hello!
I have now a proof that I didn’t dream yesterday, the menu was not working.
I took a video of it. It seems that I cannot upload a video but anyway, I can sent
it to any developer.
Pascal
Since this involves the function keys, you may need to press also Fn key as hinted by “results in sound mute toggle”. This suggests that the combination accesses the “function”, not the “character”. Therefore press also the Fn key to change the meaning of the combination.
Hello!
Thanks for your reply. Again, I have tried all the combinations with fn (I mean fn + the 15 combinations
of function keys + F10). No success. But the menu either does not yield any effect. I will retry with fn
after reboot.
Thanks,
Pascal
The LO keyboard shortcuts won’t work if they are reserved by macOS as system shortcuts. This is probably another instance of that all too common annoyance.