@Björn Michaelsen, thank you for the information. I confirm that the issue is not reproduced with gtk3 backend.
I also confirm that installing libreoffice-gtk3 is indeed enough, no need to use start option SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3. But unfortunately, there is a number of gtk3-related issues. For example: Bug #1562513 (Toolbar has a dark background in GTK3 in Ubuntu) Bug #1527053 (Tab names unreadable in GTK3 in Ubuntu) Thus, LO with gtk3 backend looks ugly now and, to some extent, unusable. At least in 16.04. I agree that fixing the bug for almost obsolete backend is not that important. It's better to address to the gtk3 issues. ** Tags added: gtk2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1619442 Title: An empty bar appeared above the toolbar after upgrade to version 5.2 (Unity7/gtk2) Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After upgrade of LibreOffice to version 5.2, an empty bar appeared between the toolbar and the window header. The empty bar contains only the button Close Document. If a new instance of LO window is opened from an existing LO window via Window -> New Window, the empty bar is absent in the new window and the UI looks correctly. Version: 5.2.0.4 Build ID: 1:5.2.0~rc4-0ubuntu1~xenial2 installed from ppa:libreoffice/ppa Ubuntu 16.04 LTS amd64 Unity7 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1619442/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp