https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148123
Bug ID: 148123
Summary: I want to choose my Notebookbar without changing my
whole User Interface.
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: UI
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
I juggle LibreOffice between a horizontal and vertical monitor, as well
as trackpoint, trackpad, and mouse. Despite always wanting to search for “the
best interface”, I feel discouraged from experimenting with notebookbars. The
menu bar, sidebar, toolbars, and status bar can all be toggled on and off
independently, but choosing a notebookbar is only possible through “View ->
User Interface...”. Unfortunately, hat dialog box changes all parts of the UI.
I would really appreciate a “View -> Notebookbar” menu option. View ->
Notebookbar could allow me to swap between Tabbed, Tabbed Compact, Groupedbar
Compact, Contextual Single, and None without moving my toolbars around. Some
notebookbars require the menu bar to appear, but otherwise View -> Notebookbar
should have no effect on the other “-bars” in LibreOffice.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Arrange LibreOffice's toolbars as you see fit.
2. Decide that you want to change your NotebookBar, for example, let's say you
no longer need the Tabbed NotebookBar because you found toolbars to do
everything you needed.
3. Go to the menubar option "View" and look for an appropriate toggle.
Actual Results:
The only option that can change the notebookbar is the "User Interface..."
dialog box. Unfortunately, choosing a different UI variant will remove all the
toolbars you have open.
Expected Results:
Alongside the Menu Bar, Sidebar, Status Bar, and Toolbars options in the View
dropdown, a new option named "Notebookbars" should be available. Similar to the
way the "View -> Toolbars" dropdown lets you turn toolbars on and off, "View ->
Notebookbars" should allow you to directly switch between the different types
of NotebookBars.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
I am NOT proposing the ability to turn on multiple notebookbars simultaneously;
that's currently not possible and it might create extra programming (and
usability) headaches.
I would prefer a dropdown menu to a dialog box. "View -> User Interfaces..." is
a dialog box because it provides context for users to make a big decision about
their whole UI layout. A notebookbar is arguably just a really fancy premade
toolbar; it should be turned on and off like a toolbar.
Some notebookbars share the name of their associated User Interface. For
example, activating the Tabbed UI will activate the Tabbed Notebookbar. If this
enhancement is approved, then the names will need to change eventually. I
haven't thought of any names to suggest, honestly.
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