[Bug 167084] New: Apply vertical tabs design with large icons to dialogs with less than 6 tabs

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167084

            Bug ID: 167084
           Summary: Apply vertical tabs design with large icons to dialogs
                    with less than 6 tabs
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: needsUXEval
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: UI
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org
                CC: libreoffice-ux-advise at lists.freedesktop.org
            Blocks: 161497

Created attachment 201349
  --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=201349&action=edit
List of dialogs with GtkNotebook

In total we have 98 ui files containing a GtkNotebook, out of which 5 have no
tabs (unclear situation!), 7 are inside another dialog (eg. AutoCorrect). In
addition to the 8 completed we have 17 with at least 6 tabs.

I suggest to apply the vertical tabs but with stacked icons, similar to the
hyperlink dialog. This needs a case-by-case evaluation, for example the
assistant-like Welcome dialog could remain horizontal.

The attached document lists all remaining dialogs. Yellow background indicates
"inline tabs", red non-tabbed dialogs, blue existing VT, ie. Hyperlink. The


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161497
[Bug 161497] [META] Vertical Tab dialogs issues and enhancements
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