[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 87239] Inconsistent look and operation of drop-down buttons

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87239

V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Priority|lowest                      |low
                 CC|                            |vstuart.foote at utsa.edu
             Blocks|                            |81475
                 OS|Windows (All)               |All

--- Comment #2 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
Confirming issues as identified on Windows 7 sp1, 64-bit en-US with
Version: 4.5.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: aeeff83595a176805d74ad4e35d946eb6a8e1b25
TinderBox: Win-x86 at 62-TDF, Branch:MASTER, Time: 2014-12-20_00:13:27
Locale: en_US

@Mike, we'll assume you were commenting on recent builds, and not 3.3.0--if
that is not the case, please identify any specifics in the older builds.

Each of the issues raised is currently valid. 

With the mix of UI widgets available to various developers to implement buttons
and menus in the GUI the function can end up different as you note. Yet
maintaining consistency in the UI is important to the user experience so these
and similar are valid issues. 

Unfortunately very subtle differences in the GUI may have considerable
divergence in the underlying code. Especially legacy vs. newer UI based items.
I think that is the case here. And correcting them could require considerable
rework, no telling when it will be addressed.

For now adding to meta bug 81475, but we Design/UX team may need to start
keeping track of them specifically.

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