[Bug 165534] Option to disable CSD dialogs in gtk4 backend

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165534

--- Comment #4 from Michael Weghorn <m.weghorn at posteo.de> ---
(In reply to Klaus Kusche from comment #0)
> The Gentoo team has decided to drop support for the LO gtk3 backend and
> support only the LO gtk4 backend on all gtk platforms, also for non-Gnome
> and/or gtk3 desktop environments like Xfce, Mate, icewm etc..

That's of course a decision the Gentoo team can take, but it may be worth
mentioning that the gtk4 VCL plugin is still experimental and known to be
incomplete (e.g. lacks proper accessibility support due to lack of upstream GTK
4 API, menu support isn't complete yet, extra controls in the file dialog are
missing), see also meta bug tdf#151050.
(Patches welcome, of course!)

> However, in many cases LO with gtk4 is the only application in these
> environments with CSD titlebars, and most important, it is the only
> application which puts all the dialog buttons from the bottom right corner
> to the titlebar left and right corner. This is very disruptive and
> alienating for users which have never been in contact with gnome or any
> gnome apps.

Caolán might have more insights here. I personally prefer the "traditional"
design as well, but thought that CSD titlebar approach is what GNOME envisions
for its applications, even though it's also possible to stay with the
traditional approach.

For me on KDE Plasma, for example, gedit also uses a CSD titlebar, as does
evince. Does that use a "traditional" titlebar for you on Xfce, Mate, icewm?

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