Bug 130691 - Insert menu exceeds the maximum number of items
Summary: Insert menu exceeds the maximum number of items
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
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unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Keywords: needsUXEval, topicUI
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Reported: 2020-02-15 19:13 UTC by Mike Kaganski
Modified: 2021-06-14 09:34 UTC (History)
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Description Mike Kaganski 2020-02-15 19:13:57 UTC 
As seen in https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/203993 (see answers by 
jaragon and ZeroCarb), some users have difficulties with overlong menus. So such long menus should be revised to group some items into submenus.
Comment 1 Heiko Tietze 2020-02-19 14:09:13 UTC 
Guideline https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Guidelines/MenuBar says:

* Seek to have no more than 20 items within a single level of a menu and use submenus to assist in this limitation. Add separators between logical groups within a menu. Seek to organize the menu items into groups of 7 or fewer strongly related items. The main menu must not exceed the minimum requirement for display resolution of 1280x768px/WXGA (with common themes).

This menu has grown in fact a bit too long. However, I'm afraid of touching the menu. Opinions?
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2021-06-14 09:34:22 UTC 
The menu has likely been updated meanwhile. Insert is not the longest menu (anymore).