Issue 4174 - Close exits application
Summary: Close exits application
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 4650
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: 641
Hardware: PC Other OS
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: stefan.baltzer
QA Contact: issues@sw
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Reported: 2002-04-22 15:04 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2003-09-08 16:56 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Unknown 2002-04-22 15:04:50 UTC 
One using close application closes rather than just the current open document.. 
Found this odd after using MS for WordProcessing..
Comment 1 simonbr 2002-05-05 08:16:20 UTC 
(comment by Andrew Ginty, see issue #4175)
Sorry my last comment wasn't clear...
Using File > Close not only closes the open document but exits the 
OpenOffice application..  Surely exiting the application should 
happen with File > Exit and the app should remain open with no 
documents...
Comment 2 simonbr 2002-05-05 08:52:51 UTC 
Hi,

I suggest to change this to a feature request, because it is not a 
defect in the sense of a programming error (annoying nonetheless), to 
change the Component to "framework", and to mark #4175 as duplicate.

With MS Office apps, on File->Close", the application window stays on 
the screen, containing a grey (blank) document area. This is 
convenient if your work involves editing documents after each other: 
you close a document, then use the File->open in the menu bar of the 
app window (which is still in the same place and on top) to open the 
next one. 

With OpenOffice.org, the app window also closes on File->Close, so 
you have the additional actions opening one again (e.g. Start Menu-
>OpenOffice.org->Write) before you can access File->Open again.

A difference between MS Office and OpenOffice.org is that in the 
first, a window may contain multiple documents, of which only one (if 
any) is visible. In OpenOffice.org, each document is contained in its 
own window, so there is some logic in closing the window along with 
the document. But (the integrated desktop having gone) it means an 
annoying inconvenience. 

BTW, I wonder if there is actually any difference in the 
implementation of File->Close and File->Exit?

A solution might be to have the closing app window (on File->Close)
start a new app window to take its place. On File->Exit it would 
simply close the document and the window. 

Simon Brouwer.
Comment 3 Unknown 2002-05-07 23:38:31 UTC 
Using CTRL+F4 has the same result. I can't think of any other Windows 
application that is closed using CTRL+F4.

I assume CTRL+F4 is a shortcut for File->Close, though it isn't 
listed on the right of the menu (like e.g. CTRL+O for File->Open).
Comment 4 lohmaier 2002-05-29 20:13:13 UTC 
Duplicate of issue 4650
See issue 4537 for a discussion of the request for enhancement.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 4650 ***
Comment 5 lohmaier 2002-05-29 20:16:05 UTC 
closing. It's better to have one single issue to comment on and to
vote for...