[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 91990] Start Center: convert Help and Extension buttons

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91990

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

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--- Comment #8 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
When the StartCenter was reworked into .UI the Get Templates, Get
Features/Extensions and Help/Info icons dating back to OOo were all
reimplemented as GTK+ buttons with text lables, exactly the same as the
component launchers.

The Help and Extensions GTK+ buttons simply never received an icon while the
Get Templates action was merged into the template manager. And of course
positioning on the SC tabbar evolved with the design. 

But other than lacking the icon and being sized a bit smaller--they are exactly
the same GTK+ .UI layout as all the other "buttons" in the UI--they all render
and function within the GUI the same.

There has been some discussion over the months that the Help/Info button should
open the Wiki Help, while the Menu's Help -> LibreOffice Help would open the
local downloaded instance. But for now they both open the local help, if
installed, and should open the same Wiki Help if not--but that does goes wonky
from build to build.

Point to all of that, is that where we are now in the GUI design is not
arbitrary--removing it would be. And the Get Extension function would still
have to go somewhere. Retaining it on the StartCenter panel was evolutionary,
adjacent to the Info/Help/About button. But if not there, then perhaps up to
the Main Menu -> Help

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