Steps: 1) Start writer 2) View > Toolbar Layout > Notebookbar 3) Close writer 4) Click on writer in start center 5) Menu appears and no notebookbar 6) Click View menu and wait a few seconds and notebookbar will appear and menu disappears Version: 5.3.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: f7513f0f53f2d074c08610a68fb787bb379c31d4 CPU Threads: 2; OS Version: Linux 3.19; UI Render: default; TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@70-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2016-09-02_23:58:05 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); Calc: group
Confirmed in Windows 7 with below master build. Version: 5.3.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: f7513f0f53f2d074c08610a68fb787bb379c31d4 CPU Threads: 4; OS Version: Windows 6.1; UI Render: default; Locale: hu-HU (hu_HU); Calc: CL
*** Bug 101552 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Szymon Kłos committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=5bd2931b57a6cb4ac1f39d7ddae874ac693cfab0 tdf#102063 Notebookbar wont appear on launch It will be available in 5.3.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Confirmed fixed. Version: 5.3.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 3d9231dd4945dcd6c3d53ba11152049d382b975f CPU Threads: 2; OS Version: Linux 3.19; UI Render: default; TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@70-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2016-09-28_02:17:20 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); Calc: group