[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 107388] New: [UI] Allow users to turn off toolbar auto-hiding

[bugzilla-daemon at bugs.documentfoundation.org]

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107388

            Bug ID: 107388
           Summary: [UI] Allow users to turn off toolbar auto-hiding
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 5.2.6.2 release
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Windows (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Impress
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: dieweltherrschaft at arcor.de

Description:
Upgrading from LO 3.something to LO 5.2.6.2 and continuing to work on my
Presentation with Impress, I noted how the text formatting toolbar is gone by
default. Assuming it was deselected, I reselected it from the View → toolbars
menu. However, it disappeared again after I clicked a textbox and then clicked
somewhere else.

I note that this is intended behaviour of LO and was introduced somewhere en
route from LO3 to LO5. However, I do not approve of this intended behaviour.
Auto-removing the toolbar in my layout leaves a large grey area between the
standard toolbar and the presentation slides which is not used for anything.
This is both visually unappealing and a waste of screen real estate.
I do note that some (if not many or most) users prefer to have the text
formatting toolbar free-floating rather than fixed in the layout. They
obviously profit from the toolbar’s auto-hiding behaviour. To me, it is
counter-productive, and a quick Google search (and searching the bug pages
here) shows me I am not the only one.

A hacky work-around has been suggested on various sites: to create a custom
toolbar and have it replace the text formatting toolbar. I do not like the
approach because it requires additional work from my side that could be spent
on the actual things I have to do.
Instead, I wish to suggest a customisation possibility: give users a checkbox
for each auto-hiding toolbar, which allows them to select whether they desire
the behaviour or not. I hope that this will bring together the best of both
worlds: auto-hiding toolbars by default and the ability to turn off the feature
if one finds it irritating.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select View → Toolbars → Text formatting (Toolbar shows up)
2. Click a text box
3. Click somewhere else (Toolbar disappears)

Actual Results:  
The text formatting toolbar is gone, leaving a vast grey area in the toolbar
space

Expected Results:
Leave the text formatting toolbar where it is after I select an option for it
to do so.


Reproducible: Always

User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:


User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:22.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/22.0

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-bugs/attachments/20170424/703f9049/attachment.html>