[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144535] EDITING: Points and Glue Points toolbars - incorrect view toggling behaviour

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144535

--- Comment #2 from Ross Johnson <ross.johnson at homemail.com.au> ---
Looking at sdraw again and, this time, the 3D-Settings functionality, there
appears to be yet more inconsistency in behaviour within this set of tools.

1) the icon on the Drawing Bar that relates to View > Toolbars > 3D-Settings is
called "Toggle Extrusion".
2) clicking the icon renders the selected 2D shapes as editable 3D shapes but
there is no Edit > 3D-Settings entry as there is for Points and Gluepoints.
3) The "Toggle Extrusion" icon is grey out (not selectable) unless a shape is
already selected, unlike the Points and Gluepoints icons.
4) as with Gluepoints and Points, the 3D-Settings toolbar can appear and
disappear in seemingly unpredictable ways.

Ideally all of these toolbars would be presented and behave in the same way so
that users can transfer their experience with one to the others.

Here's an example simply to illustrate the objective of a common set of
behaviours for the Gluepoints, Points and 3D-Settings toolbars:

1) All three features would have entries in both the Edit and View > Toolbars
menus.
2) If the entry in the Edit menu is selected, editing is enabled and remains
persistent until deselected.
3) The icon on the Drawing Bar would be selectable without first selecting an
applicable shape, and be the equivalent of selecting the entry in the Edit menu
as described in (2).
4) When editing is enabled then, while a relatable shape is selected, the
toolbar is displayed and applicable functions are selectable.
5) Enabling the toolbar in the View > Toolbars menu displays that toolbar and
remains persistent between other operations and application restarts. Functions
remain greyed out unless (4) is also met.

The 3D-Settings feature has an additional action not present with Points or
Gluepoints, which is to display or not the 3D settings that have been applied
to 2D shapes on the page. This is neither an Edit nor a View > Toolbars >
3D-Settings function and requires a separate selectable entry somewhere,
perhaps in the shape's context menu or the style, or both.

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