Libre Office 'save as' window too large on HP laptop

AntonyFromWatertown · 08-17-2019, 08:48 PM

I am running Bodhi Linux 5.0.0 with Moksha Desktop 0.3.0 on a HP laptop. Whenever I use Libre Office, the 'save as' screen is taller than my screen. I can adjust the width of the screen, however, both the top and the bottom of the window are off-screen, so the height of the window remains at 885 pixels. The main controls of the 'save as' window are off-screen. The window remains open until I hit the 'esc' key. To add to my confusion, there does not appear to be a way to adjust my screen resolution.

frankbell · 08-17-2019, 09:12 PM

Point the mouse at the "Save as" window and hold down the ALT key. You should be able to move the window around until you can see the "handles" to adjust its size and/or click the buttons you need the click.

What screen resolution is in use?

And welcome to LQ.

AntonyFromWatertown · 08-17-2019, 09:28 PM

Many thanks. That solved my initial problem. However, My secondary question about screen resolution remains. I can't find anything under Settings where I can view or adjust screen resolution.

frankbell · 08-17-2019, 09:36 PM

I've never used Bohdi, but this article looks like it might help: https://www.bodhilinux.com/w/configu...-bodhi-system/

ondoho · 08-18-2019, 03:05 AM

Counterintuitively, maximising the window also helps.

What is the native resolution of your laptop's screen?

Output of

Code:

xrandr
lspci -k | grep -iEA5 'vga|3d|display'

please.

mrmazda · 08-18-2019, 03:52 AM

Output from

Code:

inxi -GxxSM

will also tell us something useful about your particular laptop and X configuration, if you have inxi installed.

fatmac · 08-18-2019, 06:20 AM

As above, just 'maximise' your application & it will fit your screen.

(Hold down Alt key & your left mouse button, & you should be able to drag an oversized screen into view.)

AntonyFromWatertown · 08-19-2019, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

Counterintuitively, maximising the window also helps.

What is the native resolution of your laptop's screen?

Output of

Code:

xrandr
lspci -k | grep -iEA5 'vga|3d|display'

please.

Code:

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini [Radeon HD 8210]
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Kabini [Radeon HD 8210]
        Kernel driver in use: radeon
        Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini HDMI/DP Audio
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Kabini HDMI/DP Audio

AntonyFromWatertown · 08-20-2019, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmazda

Output from

Code:

inxi -GxxSM

will also tell us something useful about your particular laptop and X configuration, if you have inxi installed.

Code:

System:    Host: bodhi-HP-15-Notebook-PC Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
           bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: Enlightenment 0.3.0.16232 dm: lightdm
           Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP 15 Notebook PC v: 096C100002405E00050660180 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2330 v: 99.0B serial: N/A
           UEFI: Insyde v: F.13 date: 08/29/2014
           Chassis: type: 10 serial: N/A
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Kabini [Radeon HD 8210]
           bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:9834
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@60.02hz
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD KABINI (DRM 2.50.0, 4.15.0-20-generic, LLVM 8.0.0)
           version: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.8 Direct Render: Yes

mrmazda · 08-20-2019, 12:58 AM

AntonyFromWatertown, you neglected two things:

xrandr output
wrapping output of the commands in code tags, which maintains the output format and legibility of monospaced type

I suspect 1366x768 is the preferred mode of your display, which probably means a higher mode will not be possible. Xrandr output should clear that up. A save as window taller than the available space within which to fit is almost certainly a software defect, a bug.

AntonyFromWatertown · 08-20-2019, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmazda

AntonyFromWatertown, you neglected two things:

xrandr output
wrapping output of the commands in code tags, which maintains the output format and legibility of monospaced type

I suspect 1366x768 is the preferred mode of your display, which probably means a higher mode will not be possible. Xrandr output should clear that up. A save as window taller than the available space within which to fit is almost certainly a software defect, a bug.

Code:

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 16384 x 16384
LVDS connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 193mm
   1366x768      60.02*+  40.01
   1280x720      59.97
   1152x768      59.95
   1024x768      59.95
   800x600       59.96
   848x480       59.94
   720x480       59.94
   640x480       59.94
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

ondoho · 08-20-2019, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AntonyFromWatertown

Code:

Resolution: 1366x768@60.02hz

That seems to be it then.
You can confirm with 'xrandr' if you want to.

mrmazda · 08-20-2019, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AntonyFromWatertown

Code:

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 16384 x 16384
LVDS connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 193mm
   1366x768      60.02*+  40.01

The * indicates the current mode. The + indicates the display's preferred mode. Lack of any higher mode than 1366x768 listed indicates no higher mode is reported by EDID to be supported by the display.

mrmazda · 08-20-2019, 02:51 AM

LibreOffice has a lot of settings customizations possible. Maybe you can find one that affects or selects file picker or its behavior.

https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/quest...big-for-frame/
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/quest...r-libreoffice/
https://askubuntu.com/questions/9637...e-them-smaller
all suggest interesting possibilities.

Another: try switching the integration package. If using libreoffice-gtk3, try libreoffice-kde4 or vice versa, or libreoffice-gnome, or libreoffice-gtk2. Moksha may need a different one than whatever defaults.

ondoho · 08-20-2019, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

That seems to be it then.
You can confirm with 'xrandr' if you want to.

Not sure what happened there, I'm pretty sure the xrandr output wasn't there when I wrote this.
Maybe I really forgot to hit F5 for almost an hour?

Anyhow:

That seems to be it then. That's the highest resolution available.