Nothing happens when double clicking to launch a LibreOffice document in Files if the file is already open
Gnome 44.0 on Fedora Linux 38 (Workstation edition); Wayland, Extensions disabled (fully and after restart)
Bug summary
When double-clicking a LibreOffice document in Files to launch it, nothing (ever) happens if the file is already open. (Files remains in front with the file selected, no notification)
Steps to reproduce
- Open Files
- Select an existing LibreOffice document (Text file, Writer document, ...). The document should open in an LO window.
- Open another application maximized, for example a browser
- Switch to Files, double click the same LibreOffice document.
What happened
Nothing: Files remains in the front, with the file selected. Nothing else happened, i.e., there was no notification nor was the open document brought to the front.
What did you expect to happen
"Window is ready" notification.
There is inconsistence:
- Files opened in Gedit and Eye of Gnome (eog) are consistently brought to the front, whether the file was already open or not.
- For many other applications (evince, Gimp), the file is opened and brought to the front the first time it is opened, the notification appears if the file is already open (why this inconsistent behavior?).
- Rather unpredictable, the notification may not anymore appear on subsequent double clicks. For Gimp, this appeares to happen immediately, for Evince, the notification initially continues to appear when repeatedly double-clicking the file in a short time, but later also does not anymore appear as long as the notification itself was not cleared by clicking on it.