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raj
Asked: 2020-06-14 16:12:37 +0800 CST

Ubuntu 20.04 - no menu bar in LibreOffice

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In Ubuntu 20.04 with GNOME flashback, there is no menu bar in LibreOffice (the one with File, View etc.). I read somewhere on the Net that the issue is related to libreoffice-gtk3 package, and uninstalling it brings the menu back. I tried it - it indeed brings the menu back, but the menu is very ugly, as it has a "raw" X application look, completely unrelated to the currently set GNOME theme. How to bring the menus back in LO while keeping the system theme?

It looks that Ubuntu is getting worse with every release. I started with Ubuntu 10.04 where everything worked just perfectly "out of the box". With each new release I install, there is more and more trivial things that are not working and require much effort to fix.

EDIT: Just found another LibreOffice issue - help does not work. How many more will there be? Starting to think about reverting to Ubuntu 18.04...

menu libreoffice gnome-flashback 20.04

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Removing completely the indicator-appmenu applet from the panel solved the issue! The menu is back where it should be.

    The question is, was the applet in the panel from the beginning (in that case it's actually a bug, it shouldn't be there) or I accidentally put it there while configuring the panel...

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  2. Try to install bamfdaemon. It should be started with session but you can start it manually after installing with systemctl --user start bamfdaemon.service.

    I think you might have appmenu applet on panel that loads indicator-appmenu... But it is empty because of missing dependency.

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  3. As a workaround until the cause of this issue is resolved, try the snap version of LibreOffice. As this is configured in its own container, it will not be affected by potential issues with the Gnome flashback configuration.

    The snap version can be installed along the regular version. To avoid confusion, you may prefer removing the current installation:

    sudo apt autoremove libreoffice

    To install the SNAP version of libreoffice,

    sudo snap install libreoffice
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