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

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Fri Mar 18 07:51:19 UTC 2016


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

--- Comment #16 from Ernest Bywater <ernest at bywater.net.au> ---
(In reply to tommy27 from comment #14)
> as pointed out before, I'm not against the new "split button" and I'm sure
> many users like it, but consider that a lot of other users are more
> confortable with the old one.
> 
> so, bottomline is: why can't we have both?
> 
> our UI already has some buttons about the same functionality but with little
> variants...  i.e. the "directly export to PDF" and the "export to PDF" button
> 
> so, having the old save button with the "greyed out" effect would be a nice
> addition to the UI.
> 
> I always think that is better to offer an alternative rather than replacing
> an already existing and working function
> 
> this reminds me when Windows changed the "show desktop" taskbar icon from
> the left side to the right side... why they did not let the user choose
> where to place it? (now you can workaround this in many ways but it's
> annoying)

I agree. I've nothing against the 'split button' (thanks for telling me what
it's called) but wish for, and asked for, the old icon to be available as an
option in the Customise Toolbars section so I can select it and use it instead
- the way I have with the rest of the toolbar.

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