"Wayne <linux...@gmail.com>" <linux...@gmail.com> writes:
> Tyler Smith wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to use openoffice on Debian testing, with Fluxbox as my >> window manager. I use the styles and formatting dropdown, and the >> undocked window it provides when you click on the "more" option quite a >> lot. > > Styles & formatting in what, fluxbox or OO? OO > > However, no matter how many times I manually resize the undocked >> window, or set my preferences for this window to be relatively small and >> placed off to one side of the screen, it is constantly resized to >> maximize, obscuring everything on the screen. This happens whenever I >> use alt-tab to bounce between windows. > > I just brought up OO writer. Yes it takes up the whole screen. I then > sized it to the size I wanted, right clicked on the titlle bar at the > top, slected Remember, then clicked on the top 5 items and the Save on > Close. Quit Writer and then selected it again. The OO writer window is > as I had previously set. That works for most of the apps. That's not the issue I'm having. It's the "Styles and Formatting" window within OpenOffice that gets maximized. I described it further: > >> Typical example: >> >> Open oowriter >> Click on the apply-styles drop-down in the menubar >> Click on the "more" style option >> The entire screen is taken up by the "Styles and Formatting" window >> Resize the "Styles and Formatting" window with the mouse or keyboard >> shortcuts >> Open a second document >> alt-tab between the two documents >> the "Styles and Formatting" window is now maximized again! >> >> I don't know if this is a fluxbox issue, or an OOO issue, but I've tried >> setting appropriate options in .fluxbox/apps, and I can't override this >> very annoying behaviour. Any help would be appreciated. > > If I'm mistaken the styles/formatting are for the document, not the OO > writer window. Well, yes. I open the "styles formatting" window for the document, but I can't actually see the document because the styles and formatting window is maximized over top of the document it is associated with. > > Maybe I am not understanding you correctly. Hopefully it's clearer now. Thanks, Tyler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87tyt1b1xq....@eku238261.eku.edu
