[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 150975] View > Navigator (F5) summons a second navigator instead of opening the sidebar deck (comment 10)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150975

Stéphane Guillou (stragu) <stephane.guillou at libreoffice.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 OS|Linux (All)                 |All
          Component|Writer                      |UI
           Keywords|                            |needsUXEval
                 CC|                            |libreoffice-ux-advise at lists
                   |                            |.freedesktop.org
             Blocks|128581                      |103030
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
            Summary|invoking navigation pane    |View > Navigator (F5)
                   |summons a second undockable |summons a second navigator
                   |pane, leading to confusion  |instead of opening the
                   |                            |sidebar deck (comment 10)

--- Comment #10 from Stéphane Guillou (stragu) <stephane.guillou at libreoffice.org> ---
(In reply to Aleix from comment #8)
> OK, I've "solved it".... The "bug" was due to Wayland: in Wayland the
> navigator does not dock at all. In Xorg, it docks both by dragging or by
> using ctrl+shift+F10, although it does not dock by double-clicking on empty
> space.

Yes, there is a justification in Bug 113330 about why the docking/undocking is
disabled on Wayland, and a proposa in Bug 113416 to work around the limitation.

Let's keep this report focused on the apparently inconsistent UI.

Comparing:

- Write > View > Styles (of F11) pops up / focuses the corresponding sidebar
deck (same as Ctrl + Alt + 2)
- Writer > View > Gallery (no shortcut) pops up / focuses the corresponding
sidebar deck (Ctrl + Alt + 3)
- Calc > View > Function List (no shortcut) pops up / focuses the corresponding
sidebar deck (Ctrl + Alt + 5)

VS:

- View > Navigator (or F5) opens a separate dialog even though there is a
dedicated sidebar deck.

I'm sure some users find it comfortable to have a persistent Navigator while
switching between sidebar decks as needed, but keen to hear what the UX team
has to say about it.

Tested on:

Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 5b3fd1af1247d4096451e5a768c3438fbccec2b2
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103030
[Bug 103030] [META] Navigator sidebar deck and floating window
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128581
[Bug 128581] [Meta] Panel docking
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