Issue 118856 - When two OOo apps both have open dialog windows, the second opened blocks the first
Summary: When two OOo apps both have open dialog windows, the second opened blocks the...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
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Product: ui
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOO330m20
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P5 (lowest) Major (vote)
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Reported: 2012-01-30 23:53 UTC by John Sellers
Modified: 2013-04-27 10:53 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description John Sellers 2012-01-30 23:53:17 UTC 
The scope of a dialog box opened in a app, should be limited to that app.  This is seems to be true if the other app is not an OOo application, but if both are OOo apps, they apparently interfere.

Example use scenario:

1) Open first spread sheet file by clicking on first spread sheet file icon.
2) Open second spread sheet file by clicking on second spread sheet file icon.
3) In first open spread sheet choose  format>>Cells...>>Numbers Tab>>User-defined
4) In second open spread sheet choose format>>Cells...>>Numbers Tab>>User-defined
5) So far so good, it looks as if I can now copy a format of choice into the first opened spreed sheet....but
6) When I go to back to the first Format Cells dialog box, it is blocked, and I can't transfer my custom format as I planned....the blocking behavior is that the second opened Format Cells dialog retains the focus even if I click the mouse anywhere inside the first opened Format Cells dialog.

This problem seems to be universal throughout all the OOo applications.  Any second opened dialog box of any OOo application apparently blocks any previously opened and unclosed dialog of any other OOo application in spite of the fact that there doesn't seem to be any reason why blocking is needed.
Comment 1 John Sellers 2012-01-31 00:58:20 UTC 
There is, of course, a work around for the use scenario: Copy the user defined format.  Close the dialog.  Paste it into the outer dialog.  It is just that it will take several times the effort to copy the user defined formats.  In my case there were 20 such formats to be copied.
Comment 2 Diego Valle Rosado 2013-04-25 14:56:40 UTC 
Could you explain more the steps, and attach an image.

Regards
Comment 3 urmasd 2013-04-27 09:58:27 UTC 
Created attachment 80598 [details]
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There is no way to make the lower right Format dialog and corresponding document window active.
Comment 4 Regina Henschel 2013-04-27 10:53:03 UTC 
The usual way to copy a style from document to another is File > Template > Organize. Set both parts to "Documents" in the lower part. Then open the tree view of the documents and drag a style from the left tree to the right tree while pressing the CTRL-key.