[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 132350] New: Icon of updates button on right end of menu bar is still not visible (or again not visible)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132350

            Bug ID: 132350
           Summary: Icon of updates button on right end of menu bar is
                    still not visible (or again not visible)
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.4.3.2 release
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: medium
         Component: UI
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: sergio.callegari at gmail.com

Description:
When an update to some extension is available, LibO tries to detect it and
provide a notification. An icon should appear in the top right corner of the
LibO window with a notification text staying up for a few seconds. The icon
should provide a shorthand to update the extension when clicked.

Unfortunately, at least with the kde5 VCL this does not work as it should. A
notification text is shown for a few secs, but there is no icon.

Because of the lack of the icon, when the notification text appears, it points
at nothing. And the user may wonder how to update the extension (before
resorting to tools->extension manager).

Furthermore, because the notification stays up just a few secs, without the
icon it is also very easy for the user to miss the notification.

The issue is very similar to the one in bug 113205 (closed a few months ago).
With respect to it the sole difference is that before 113205 was fixed the icon
was in fact there, only not visible (hovering with the mouse on the top right
corner of LibO used to make a small frame appear together with the notification
text). Now that the issue is re-appearing (or was never totally fixed), there
is no such behavior (hovering with the mouse on the place where the icon was
supposed to be does nothing).

I am sure that the issue is in 6.4.3.2 with the KDE5 VCL, but probably it was
in LibO at least through all the whole 6.4 series, and maybe even before. As
already suggested, it may even be the case that the issue was not fully fixed
from start on the KDE5 VCL (unsure because I do not get extension updates
notifications that often).

Note that many extensions are distributed with LibO and get upgraded when you
upgrade LibO, Hence, if you update LibO frequently, as I do, and only use use a
few relatively stable external extensions, the notification is hardly ever used
anyways. Furthermore, trying to reproduce the issue is hard even by purposely
downgrading and extension, because the notification appearance time is hard to
foresee. This is why the problem may easily go unnoticed.

In a nutshell, to me the issue is more with the confusion deriving in users
from the lack of the icon following the notification (and the fact that the UI
may seem a bit erratic as a consequence), than with the lack of a proper
notification and the possibility of missing extension updates.

Issue seen on 
Version: 6.4.3.2
Build ID: 747b5d0ebf89f41c860ec2a39efd7cb15b54f2d8
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: kf5; 
Locale: it-IT (en_US.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

Steps to Reproduce:
Hard for me to reproduce the issue with user actions. Even purposely
downgrading an extension does not cause the extension update notification to
appear shortly and when it appears it is easy to miss it since it disappears
soon.

Actual Results:
See description

Expected Results:
See description


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No


OpenGL enabled: Yes

Additional Info:
See description

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