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[solved] Libre Office stuck in full screen/no menu mode (lemmy.one)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I have ribbon controls, but I don't have the menu above that. Also, Libre Office (I use Writer mostly but the launcher also) has made itself full screen, and that interferes with the panel (which I keep on the left side). I have had to resort to Alt-F4 to quit. How can I get menus back? Will I be able to get Libre-office to respect the open panel?

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[-] Apytele 2 points 1 month ago

You can't just F11 out of fullscreen?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Nope, I already tried F11. I knew that worked for full screen on other programs.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

F11 toggles the Styles sidebar (in non-full-screen view..).

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Press random buttons. Start with the F keys. Maybe research how to hide things in libre so you know the keys to unhide them.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's not really "Full Screen", but it is missing the window decoration and "File Edit ..." menu I think if I can put it into tabbed menu mode that will help. I am not finding the icon bar that provides the "tabbed menu" button.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Try Shift+Ctrl+J to toggle Full Screen. If that doesn't work (non-English UI, other key bindings, ...) try Shift+Esc that presents a search command input field, enter full and it should list "View -> Full Screen" (in English UI); hit that.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Shift-Ctrl-J makes the ribbons go away, leaving only the cells in calc, with a dialog box giving a button to return from "full screen".

I think my issue is not so much that I am in or not in Full Screen but rather that I have lost my window decoration and text-based menus. The ribbons are still there and I can save my document that way and Alt-f4 closes the application.

The search does not return any hits so no keystrokes to change to or from full screen

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

So - mark this one [solved]

So I finally decided to just re-install Libre Office. This worked, at least I had my whole window after that...

but when I removed Libre Office it took way too much of the system with it - Discover (The app store) was even gone.

After trying to install the missing stuff again, I gave up and availed myself of the opportunity to 'test my backups'. I nuked and re-paved Debian then restored my home directory and went about re-setting up my environment in KDE the way I like it.

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