Description: UX Rationale: There is a need for a new, application-level menu that will contain more submenu items in addition to checking for updates and that is out of the way of the main menu items on the left side of the menu bar. TASKS: 1. Replace the globe icon ("Check for Updates") with a text label "LO" (LO for LibreOffice) that will be a new top-level menu item that is a continuation of the menu bar which at its left end starts with "File", "Edit", "View" etc. 2. Immediately to the right of the new "LO" label, add a single colored circle (icon) that will change its color to green (manually updated) or yellow (manual updates available) or red (unsupported version) as a traffic light. 3. Add the following sub-menus to this new "LO" top-level menu item of the menu bar: 3.a > "Exit LibreOffice" (moved from the current "File" menu) 3.b > "Options" (Alt+F12) 3.c > "Check for Updates" (turned into a one-level-lower menu item in the same location) 3.d > "Restart in Safe Mode" (moved from the current "Help menu) Steps to Reproduce: ... Actual Results: ... Expected Results: ... Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: ...
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See proposed, closely related UI/UX improvements: Develop a new bug-reporting functionality and a new top-level "Bugs" menu item in the menu bar https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142831 Split the current "Help" menu into three separate top-level menus (instead of one) to separate help content, bug-reporting content, and 'about' content. https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142830 Make a new top-level "About" menu item in the menu bar https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142829
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 142830 ***
Isn't the users' expectation that update checking is done automatically? Anyway, it's definitely not a function that needs to be always accessible with one click, meaning to be on the root level.
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #4) > Isn't the users' expectation that update checking is done automatically? > Anyway, it's definitely not a function that needs to be always accessible > with one click, meaning to be on the root level. Google Chrome has implemented the green-yellow-red traffic light for manual upgrades, so the above may be a more elegant way to do the same in LibreOffice.
(In reply to Max L. from comment #5) > Google Chrome has implemented the green-yellow-red traffic light for manual > upgrades, so the above may be a more elegant way to do the same in > LibreOffice. Never seen traffic lights. But obviously overlooked the indicator of importance https://news.softpedia.com/news/google-testing-new-chrome-update-prompt-on-android-525512.shtml I wonder what update is less relevant, if a few minor bugs have been fixed or some usability hacks made. Point is that LibreOffice always has a gazillion of fixes in its update.