Bug 113095 - Dialog tab labels dont have sufficient padding on Windows
Summary: Dialog tab labels dont have sufficient padding on Windows
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
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(earliest affected)
unspecified
Hardware: All Windows (All)
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Blocks: UI-Theming Dialog-UX
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Reported: 2017-10-13 13:15 UTC by Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired)
Modified: 2025-12-02 08:41 UTC (History)
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tab labels in word 2013 vs LO vs windows explorer (74.69 KB, image/png)
2017-10-13 13:15 UTC, Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired)
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screenshot from windows 10 (25.01 KB, image/png)
2025-11-21 12:40 UTC, Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired)
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Description Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2017-10-13 13:15:01 UTC
Created attachment 136952 [details]
tab labels in word 2013 vs LO vs windows explorer

In the screenshot on Windows 8.1, you can see that dialog tab labels in LO have a 1px padding on either side between it and the dotted highlight border, while windows explorer has 4px padding and word 2013 has 10px padding.
Comment 1 andreas_k 2017-10-13 13:21:51 UTC
I would go with fit window wide if there are and a maximum size.
Comment 2 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2017-10-15 21:16:05 UTC
I think that a minimum horizontal padding should be set no matter what the theme the user uses on any OS. Heiko, Stuart: What are your takes?
Comment 3 Heiko Tietze 2017-10-16 09:56:27 UTC
Messing up with the system theme is not a good idea. It's also not a Windows-only solution. We should investigate first why the tabs are different over the three dialogs in the attachment.
Comment 4 Heiko Tietze 2018-06-08 08:15:47 UTC
IIRC this has changed recently. Can we close the ticket, Andreas?
Comment 5 andreas_k 2018-06-08 10:23:46 UTC
Checked daily build on windows 7 but I don't see a difference in the tab style between 6.0 and master build. So where was the tab style changed?
Comment 6 Heiko Tietze 2018-06-08 10:39:56 UTC
Thought there was some effort but I might be wrong. And my take is to respect the system theme. Anyway, let's keep it open, but further UX input is not needed.
Comment 7 andreas_k 2018-06-08 10:48:41 UTC
I'm definitly for respect system theme but on the other side short words with 4 letters are very difficult to click so define a minimum horizontal padding would be nice AND not a windows only solution would help also the fallback "theme".
Comment 8 QA Administrators 2019-06-09 03:01:37 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 9 andreas_k 2019-06-09 19:42:13 UTC
There should be more padding at windows tabbs.
Comment 10 QA Administrators 2021-06-09 03:47:16 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 11 QA Administrators 2023-06-10 03:14:11 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 12 QA Administrators 2025-06-10 03:10:30 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 13 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2025-11-21 12:40:10 UTC
Created attachment 204162 [details]
screenshot from windows 10
Comment 14 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2025-11-21 12:59:02 UTC
The 1px padding between the label and the dotted highlight border still appears in Windows 10, though the default theme does fix clicking difficulty with its extra padding between the dotted border and tab border. But as andreas said in comment 7, a minimum horizontal padding is still needed.
Comment 15 Heiko Tietze 2025-12-02 08:41:13 UTC
Since dialogs use vertical tabs by default from 26.2 on this is of lower priority. And it would be solved with the Qt VCL under Windows.