Bug 124459 - Inconsistent menu ordering between Writer and Calc
Summary: Inconsistent menu ordering between Writer and Calc
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.2.2.2 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium trivial
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2019-03-31 19:25 UTC by Max Barry
Modified: 2019-04-02 13:15 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Screenshot of Writer 5.3.0.3 (163.43 KB, image/png)
2019-04-01 19:15 UTC, Max Barry
Details
Screenshot of Writer 6.2.2.2 (164.12 KB, image/png)
2019-04-01 19:17 UTC, Max Barry
Details

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Description Max Barry 2019-03-31 19:25:10 UTC
Description:
The "File" menu of Writer and Calc list the same items, but swap their order, which constantly thwarts the user's muscle memory, causing mis-clicks.

In Writer -> File:
1. New
2. Open
3. Recent Documents
4. Open Remote File
5. Close

In Calc -> File
1. New
2. Open
3. Open Remote File
4. Recent Documents
5. Close

I always use the keyboard combo: Alt+F, Down arrow, Down arrow, Enter, to quickly access Recent Documents, but this bug means I need to stop and think each time whether I'm in Writer or Calc and therefore whether I need to hit Down twice or three times.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Writer
2. Activate "File" menu
3. Observe order of "Recent Documents" and "Open Remote File"
4. Open Calc
5. Activate "File" menu
6. Observe order of "Recent Documents" and "Open Remote File"

Actual Results:
Order of "Recent Documents" and "Open Remote File" is reversed in Calc compared to Writer.

Expected Results:
Order of menu items should be consistent.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
(Just personally, I like having "Recent Documents" as close to the top as possible, since I use that all the time and reach it via keyboard navigation. I never use "Open Remote File.")
Comment 1 V Stuart Foote 2019-04-01 14:56:09 UTC
Can not confirm on Windows builds of 6.2.2 or current master/6.3.0

The Writer main menu order is:
New
Open
Open Remote
Recent Documents
Close

and it matches the main menu order on Calc. And the main menu ordering in the Start module of Start Center.
Comment 2 Max Barry 2019-04-01 19:15:56 UTC
Created attachment 150469 [details]
Screenshot of Writer 5.3.0.3

Screenshot showing menu order on 5.3.0.3 under Ubuntu 18.10
Comment 3 Max Barry 2019-04-01 19:17:57 UTC
Created attachment 150470 [details]
Screenshot of Writer 6.2.2.2

Screenshot showing menu order. (The menu also appears in the wrong place due to an unrelated bug with multi-monitor setups.)
Comment 4 Max Barry 2019-04-01 19:19:02 UTC
I don't use Windows, but I've attached screenshots showing the menu order on Ubuntu.
Comment 5 V Stuart Foote 2019-04-01 19:57:49 UTC
Core source has the same menu sort for Calc (sc) and Writer (sw) menubars:

https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/sw/uiconfig/swriter/menubar/menubar.xml?r=1f7a2cee

https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/sc/uiconfig/scalc/menubar/menubar.xml?r=1f7a2cee


So guess it was a distro packagers choice?

@Björn?
Comment 6 Max Barry 2019-04-01 22:31:34 UTC
Ah, thanks, that helped me locate a file on my system that appears to define a non-standard menu order: 

~/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/soffice.cfg/modules/swriter/menubar/menubar.xml

Possibly this was generated at some point in the past when I used Tools -> Customize to tweak the menu? Not a bug in LibreOffice, in any case. Sorry for wasting your time.