Currently with AOO 3.4, double-clicking a file name of an open document that has its document window minimized or in the background does not change the state of the document window at all. The only result on Windows is the mouse pointer changing to hourglass for a short time - nothing else happens. The same is true with earlier Versions of OOo. This is inconvenient and unusual behavior.
I didn't test this with AOO 3.4 on MacOs and Linux, but earlier Versions of OOo showed similar results when double clicking file names of minimized document windows on both OS's, i.e. nothing happened at all. Propose (target AOO 3.5): Double-clicking a [file name of | icon of | link to] a minimized document should result in restoring the document window to its previous size and position, make it the topmost window and give it the focus. If not minimized but in the background, make it the topmost window and give it the focus. Most applications on Windows (AFAIK on MacOS and Linux, too) handle it the way I propose. Some applications, e.g. Microsoft Excel, will additionally ask whether they should re-open the document and warn that unsaved changes may be lost then. I don't think the Excel way is better. Any comments on this before I write an issue in bugzilla? Regards, Hans Zybura
