Description of problem: libreoffice: unavailable quickstarter Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): LibreOffice Version: 5.2.7.2 ID: 5.2.7.2-3.fc25 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install libreoffice (sudo dnf install libreoffice-writer) on Fedora 20 or later (in my case FC25_x64) 2. Start libreoffice (libreoffice --writer) 3. Try to enable QuickStarter (Tools > Options > Memory) Actual results: QuickStarter no longer available in system tray. No such option avaible Without quickstarter LibreOffice opens files very slowly. With all enabled tweaks -preload, JavaDisabled, 64Gb of memory - 2 seconds. Expected results: QuickStarter should be available in system tray: https://ask.libreoffice.org/upfiles/14915774457829115.png With quickstarter LibreOffice opens files instantly. Additional info: 1. This option is avaible in official docs: https://help.libreoffice.org/index.php?title=Common/Memory&Version=5.2 2. In Gentoo this was error and was fixed (compilation option) https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561842 3. RedHat Support (Caolan McNamara https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1462100): The systray thing is gtk2 only while we've moved on to gtk3 by default. The full systray set of gtk apis (https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkStatusIcon.html) fot the systray have been deprecated and the systray concept is deprecated since GNOME3 (https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/MessageTray/Compatibility) so its not practical to reimplement the systray for gtk3. Retaining it for gtk2 only doesn't gain us much. 3. The cost of the lack of options per employee: 2 seconds * 50 times * 22 working days = 36 minutes 0.6 hours * 3$ per hour * 12 months = $ 21 per year
Right, QuickStarter not available in Tools > Options > Memory in Fedora 25 with LO 5.2. It's there in Ubuntu.
It doesn't make sense to file a bug here upstream that downstream in Fedora we disabled the quick starter under gtk2
Btw, QuickStarter is on the chopping block: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Proposals_for_removing_features#The_so-called_QuickStarter .