Public bug reported: When you try to open a file, the Filter dropdown is not usable. All the different options turn into one single string and are not separately selectable. Because of this bug, you can't use the filter dropdown on the Open dialog. This means you can't open a tab-delimited file with extension .txt as a spreadsheet, because if you use the open dialog without using the Filter dropdown, it always opens as a text file.
This bug has already been fixed upstream and a backport of the fix should be made in order for people to be able to open tab-delimited txt files. See the discussion here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?format=multiple&id=820439 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.5.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue May 22 16:22:53 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423) ProcEnviron: TERM=dumb LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/tcsh SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1003112 Title: The Filter: dropdown in the File Open menu doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1003112/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
