Fixed! KDE Dialogues in LibreOffice, the solution

[Tom_ZeCat]

This is a continuation of this previous thread:
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...untu-dialogues

I'm starting this new thread because this is now about Kubuntu 14.10 instead of 14.04. You'll recall from the earlier thread that many of us were having problems with LibreOffice always using LibreOffice dialogue boxes, even when that option was unchecked. When it's unchecked, it should use KDE dialogues. At the time I started the old thread, the KDE dialogues were working on my main Lenovo laptop, but not on my on my Asus netbook. The Lenovo started as a Kubuntu 13.04 install and had been upgraded since then to 14.04. The netbook was a new install of 14.04. I ended up living with it since I don't use the netbook all that much.

Since then I've wiped my Lenovo's hard drive and installed Kubuntu 14.10 from scratch. To my frustration, the issue of KDE dialogues being ignored surfaced on this laptop now. Annoying! I noticed that my second netbook, which has Mint/KDE, didn't have this problem. I knew there must be some solution, so I searched online. Here's what I've found.

There's both a LibreOffice bug report and an Ubuntu one on the net. Here are the links:

LibreOffice:
https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla...g.cgi?id=82598

Ubuntu
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...e/+bug/1359486

In the LO link, I found what claimed to be the solution (and probably is, but I didn't try it):

Hi Stefan,
I did a rebuild of qt4-x11 with the patches applied on Ubuntu 14.04.1 and it actually resolved the issue...

Info on the launchpad bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...86/comments/14

The thought of doing a C++ build in QT4 made my head spin because I don't know that language, how to compile it, or how modules built in it integrate into LibreOffice, KDE, etc. However, I found another option in those sources:

I've created a ppa with the patched package - right at this moment, the package has built successfully, but the binaries are pending publication. By the time you read this I hope it will be ready to go:

https://launchpad.net/~bernard-gray/...ubuntu/1359486

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bernard-gray/1359486

I installed Bernard Gray's PPA in the Konsole and then ran Muon Update Manager, then rebooted. When I ran LibreOffice and went to open a file, voilà! The KDE dialogue box was working again. This solution worked on my Lenovo Z570 (with 14.10) and on my Asus netbook (with 14.04).

I just wanted to report back to you guys with this solution because I remember from the prior thread that others were having this problem too. Now you can fix it.

[romabacor]

thank you so much!!!!! i'm happy

[Tom_ZeCat]

thank you so much!!!!! i'm happy

You're welcome, though the bulk of the thanks should go to Bernard Gray for setting up this PPA.

This has fixed the open file dialogue box. I did notice it does not fix the print a file dialogue. For me that's not a big deal because I prefer the LibreOffice printing dialogue anyway. However, if someone here prefers the KDE print dialogue and wants to post the solution, by all means have at it.