Modify Libreoffice UI

Heiko Tietze heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org
Wed Mar 3 18:47:49 UTC 2021


Hi Drew,

nice to hear from you again. As far as I know some work is ongoing how the 
Notebookbar handles its data. And there is some bit of hope that with switching 
to an XML-based solution we get customization. But today it's hard-coded like 
any dialog.

Cheers,
Heiko

On 03.03.21 17:59, Drew Jensen wrote:
> Howdy Heiko,
> 
> Since I've switched almost entirely to use of the tabbed interface I
> was wondering if there is any time frame for fully updating the tabbed
> (notebookbar) interface using the customization dialog? I know there
> is a limited support currently but far short of what is available for
> the legacy toolbar.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Drew
> 
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 11:43 AM Heiko Tietze
> <heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mai,
>>
>> it is possible to modify/add toolbars (or menus) per Tools > Customization. See
>> [1] for the documentation of this feature. And you can also apply it to a
>> specific document by changing the "Scope".
>> Good place to ask specific questions is [2] or the user mailing lists [3]. This
>> one is intended for developers- and from what you ask I guess you don't plan to
>> change the source code.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Heiko
>>
>> [1]
>> https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/guide/edit_symbolbar.html?DbPAR=SHARED#bm_id3159201
>> [2] https://ask.libreoffice.org/
>> [3] https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/
>>
>> On 03.03.21 16:40, Mai Dinh wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I was looking into LibreOffice open source and potentially modifying the UI to
>>> add a new toolbar field on the top of files I open, such as document and
>>> spreadsheet. I was hoping for help in the direction to look at the source code.
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated, thank you!
>>> Mai
>>>
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>>
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Dr. Heiko Tietze, UX-Designer and UX-Mentor
Tel: +49 30 5557992-63 | Mail: heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE
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