You didn't say whether you had ever had a second monitor; I strongly suspect that's your problem. The dialog is displaying on a phantom monitor.
As for HTML going to other programs: does the HTML display properly in a browser? If it does, then GnuCash has done its job. Whether or not OpenOffice (or any other random application, for that matter) imports that HTML into a spreadsheet is an issue to be raised with that application. Besides, if copy-paste works, what's your issue? Do what works. David T. On October 20, 2026 10:17:28 PM GMT+05:30, Geoff Jankowski via gnucash-user <[email protected]> wrote: >The HTML file is fine but it does not come into open office well. Hence >trying Numbers, which definitely does not accept it. > >I know I can copy and paste but I have raised the issue to see if it is a >problem with the code. > >When you say it worked as expected, did it give you a dialog box to select >options and filename etc. because this is what I did not get. > >It does not get as far as generating a file at all. It was not the pop up >dialog box that I saw, just a flicker on the side of the register as if the >box was hiding itself under the window but it was not there. As I said >earlier, I looked everywhere for it! > >First off I will move to 5.17 and try again. No point worrying about 5.16 if >it is working in 5.17. > >I will come back to say what happened. > > > > >Geoff Jankowski >+44 20 7100 1092 >+44 7770 58 48 38 >+33 9 56 54 56 54 >+33 6 22 93 00 53 > > > > > > > > >> On 20 Oct 2026, at 18:06, Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I don't recall any issue opening an exported (HTML) report in >> Libre/OpenOffice, but if the office version is really old, that could be a >> thing. (I've used LibreOffice since it forked a decade or so ago) I'm not at >> my Mac right now, but will test opening in Numbers later for completeness. I >> don't recall if it does so properly or not. >> >> Try CTRL+A to Select All while viewing the report, then CTRL+V in a >> spreadsheet tab to paste. >> >> As for the Export Active Register from a Search Results window, that worked >> for me as expected. (though I'm already on 5.17) >> >> Does your resulting files have a zero size? If not, can you open them with a >> text editor? If so, do they respectively look like proper HTML or CSV >> formatted data? >> >> You first mentioned seeing the export pop-up, then not seeing it. Did it >> only show up on the top of the window stack the first time? Have you tried >> Expose to show all windows? Are you running a multi-monitor setup? >> (sometimes, not having or disconnecting an additional display when you >> previously had it on or connected with GnuCash running can cause issues >> where GnuCash remembered your previous window placements *with* the extra >> display, which isn't there now) Have you tried running GnuCash non-maximized >> if you are so you can play with window arrangement to find it? >> >> Regards, >> Adrien >> >> On 10/20/26 09:26, Geoff Jankowski via gnucash-user wrote: >>> I am using Gnucash 5.16 on a Mac (iMac24 using the Apple M1 chip) running >>> OSX Tahoe 26.4.1. >>> I am trying to move my search results to my spreadsheet for analysis. >>> I first generated the search as a report and I then exported the search >>> report to an html file. I tried to open it in Open Office (the default >>> offering) but Open Office does not do a good job (and I usually do not use >>> it). I then tried Numbers and apparently I cannot open an html file in it. >>> So I turned to csv format and this is where the problem started. When I >>> select Export Active Register to csv, nothing happens. When I selected >>> Export Transactions or Account Tree I get a window pop up to define the >>> report and filename etc. >>> I have restarted Gnucash but it exhibits the same behaviour. I have checked >>> all desktops and sent all running apps to the dock but the pop up window >>> cannot be seen. >>> I noticed a flash or flicker on the account tab tree so I moved the tabs >>> from the right (my default) to the top but it also made no difference. >>> Anyone else had this behaviour? >>> Any ideas on how to resolve it? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >_______________________________________________ >gnucash-user mailing list >[email protected] >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >----- >Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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