Bug 135646

Summary:	Add minimize command to "Window" menu on macOS
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Nik Gervae <nik>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	dgp-mail, heiko.tietze, vsfoote
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.4.5.2 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	macOS (All)
URL:	https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/macos/menus/menu-bar-menus/
See Also:	https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69378
Whiteboard:
Crash report or crash signature:		Regression By:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	42082, 85811
Attachments:	Shows LibreOffice Window menu opened (in Write) Shows Preview app's Window menu

Description Nik Gervae 2020-08-11 20:33:57 UTC

Description:
The Window menu has no Minimize command.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click on the Window menu.


Actual Results:
Observe that there is no Minimize command.

Expected Results:
There should be a Minimize command in the Window menu. Particularly since the key equivalent Command+M does work to minimize the frontmost window.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: en-US
Module: TextDocument
[Information guessed from browser]
OS: Mac OS X (All)
OS is 64bit: no

Comment 1 Dieter 2020-08-12 16:06:22 UTC

Nik, thank you for reporting the bug. It's not clear to me,what you call "Window menu". Could you please add a screenshot? Thank you.

Comment 2 Nik Gervae 2020-08-12 18:17:02 UTC

Created attachment 164217 [details]
Shows LibreOffice Window menu opened (in Write)

Shows the LibreOffice Window menu with a Write module document open. Compare to the screenshot from Preview, uploaded separately.

Comment 3 Nik Gervae 2020-08-12 18:17:53 UTC

Created attachment 164218 [details]
Shows Preview app's Window menu

Shows the Window menu of Preview, a core macos app, and what it should contain.

Comment 4 Nik Gervae 2020-08-12 18:23:06 UTC

I have added screenshots from LibreOffice and from Preview, a standard macos app showing what sorts of commands should be in a Window menu. Note that there's more wrong than just the lack of a Minimize command:

• On macos, Close Window belongs in the File menu, not the window menu (I didn't make up that rule, but there it is).
• Macos apps also usually have a Zoom command in the Window menu.
• They also usually have commands named Bring All to Front, and Arrange in Front.
• The New Window command in LibreOffice is ambiguous and sounds more like it will create a new document. What it actually does is open an additional window showing the current document. It might be good to have the command reflect that, as in "New Window for <document name>".

(The commands relating to tabs have to do with a feature LibreOffice does not have, and can be ignored.)

I hope this helps diagnose and resolve the problems.

Comment 5 Dieter 2020-08-13 17:36:57 UTC

Now I've got it (never used that menu). I think it's rather an enhancement request than a bug.

cc: Design-Team for decision

Comment 6 Emir Sarı 2020-08-13 18:54:17 UTC

It needs minimise, zoom, tile to the left, tile to the right, move window to external/internal screen (if applicable), bring all to front... And if that day ever comes and LO has macOS tab capability built-in, the tab options as well.

Comment 7 V Stuart Foote 2020-08-13 19:06:57 UTC

An isn't this rather macOS specific? Other os/DE have the standard frame/window decorations that are the norm, including for macOS just suppressed there (so greater dependence on the main menu--which for macOS is more tightly bound to DE).

Comment 8 Heiko Tietze 2020-08-13 21:18:24 UTC

Guideline on macOS defines it (-> URL), we have to comply. Removing needsUX