[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 98730] UI: bring back the old File Save "action box" as an alternative to the new "drop-down button"

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98730

--- Comment #10 from Ernest Bywater <ernest at bywater.net.au> ---
(In reply to Samuel Mehrbrodt (CIB) from comment #7)
> (In reply to Ernest Bywater from comment #6)
> > I have a high resolution monitor and I use fairly small icons to be able to
> > get the most actual working space on the screen. For every other icon it's
> > not a problem. For the new 'File Save' icon on the toolbar the drop-down
> > arrow takes up one third of the width of the icon, and the icon is not quite
> > double the size of the cursor. When in the middle of working on a text
> > document I frequently dart the cursor up to click on the save, click, and
> > back down to work. However, if the cursor is even just half a pixel over the
> > drop-down list the list is activated instead of the save action. The list
> > drops and I have to go back to the icon and click on the body of the icon
> > twice to get the wanted action done. The time taken to do it is
> > significantly longer than it used to be.
> 
> Ok, understood.
> Are you on Windows? Can you post a screenshot of your LO Window please?
> At least on Linux the icons are not smaller when they have the dropdown
> (it's placed next to the icon). Maybe we need to add some spacing in Windows
> between the icon and the dropdown.

Multiple answers to posts

1.- I currently use the small icon option. The problem is an accidental click
on or near the arrow activates it and then I've got to take more actions to
close it and do what I want. With the old icon if I missed the icon itself
nothing happened and I just moved a little and click to action the save.

I'm an independent author and I write a lot of stories, to have enough room on
the screen to have both pages of the book open side by side I use small icons.
Generally this isn't an issue with the toolbar. But it is with this icon
because it's a change in function and I can no longer do a quick up and save
action, I have to divert my full attention to watch the cursor and ensure I
don't hit the wrong part of the icon by accident.

I use a desktop with a large monitor on a very high resolution setting to view
the text well. To save space I also have a personalised 'Standard' toolbar
which is smaller than the usual one, despite having many of the 'Format'
toolbar icons on it - the ones I don't use are deactivated.

2. Screenshot attached, for some reason the cursor doesn't show on it. But the
cursor can just fit in the File Save icon - that's how close in size they are.

2.a. I'm using Windows 7 Pro. Recently had to switch from Zorin Linux due to
new hardware and can't find a release version of Linux that uses the 43 or 44
kernel.

3. I have a physical ability issue and find it a lot easier to use the mouse
with my right hand and just type with my left hand. Thus using the mouse to
click the icon is a lot easier for me than trying to get Ctrl-S with my left
hand by itself. I use a modified touch typing process, not the usual one.

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