Bug 149281 - Rename "Libreoffice" to "Libreoffice Start Center" in Windows Start menu
Summary: Rename "Libreoffice" to "Libreoffice Start Center" in Windows Start menu
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.4.0.0 alpha0+
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Himanshi
URL:
Whiteboard: reviewed:2022
Keywords: difficultyBeginner, easyHack, skillScript
Depends on:
Blocks: Start-Center
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Reported: 2022-05-25 12:05 UTC by sdc.blanco
Modified: 2026-05-03 06:26 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Screenshot Windows 10 (83.10 KB, image/png)
2022-05-31 14:08 UTC, Heiko Tietze
Details
Screenshot KDE (33.81 KB, image/png)
2022-05-31 14:09 UTC, Heiko Tietze
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Description sdc.blanco 2022-05-25 12:05:27 UTC
With inspiration from bug 140215 ...

In Windows, the icon for Libreoffice Start Center is labeled "Libreoffice" (in the default installation in the Windows Start menu).

Enhancement proposal is to rename it to:  "Libreoffice Start Center"

Reason:  All other applications named "Libreoffice (app)", so unclear (at first glance) what "Libreoffice" is supposed to do.  Easier to "guess" its likely function with this enhancement.
Comment 1 V Stuart Foote 2022-05-25 12:28:16 UTC
Reasonable. And if the 'Start Center' string is localized I'm OK with this. If not then no.
Comment 2 Rafael Lima 2022-05-25 12:55:54 UTC
I think this is a good idea as well. Localization is an important factor in this case.
Comment 3 Michael Warner 2022-05-28 12:47:01 UTC
Based on Comment 1 and Comment 2 I am marking as NEW enhancement.
Comment 4 Heiko Tietze 2022-05-30 10:55:48 UTC
Approved by UX... 

Cloph, this seems to be easyhackable. Any idea how?
Comment 5 Christian Lohmaier 2022-05-30 12:18:11 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #4)
> 
> Cloph, this seems to be easyhackable. Any idea how?

look in source/ooo/folderitem_ooo.scp and the corresponding ulf file. See the safe-mode entry as an example for translated entry.
Comment 6 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos 2022-05-31 13:58:39 UTC
Sorry for jumping late on this, but I see no point in doing this. I don’t think it’s an unclear shortcut (other software suites have generic launchers with no appendages), and we have never displayed the term “Start Center” anywhere in our UI. In fact, I would argue that “Start Center” is an overblown name for what is simply a *welcome screen*.
Comment 7 Heiko Tietze 2022-05-31 14:08:57 UTC
Created attachment 180503 [details]
Screenshot Windows 10

Looks odd on W10 when the headline is telling the same as the children. W11 reorganized access to installed apps and wont show the tree anymore, IIRC.
Comment 8 Heiko Tietze 2022-05-31 14:09:48 UTC
Created attachment 180504 [details]
Screenshot KDE

Screenshot taken from KDE's app starter. Same here, you don't know what you start. I support the Start Center addition.
Comment 9 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos 2022-06-13 06:22:06 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #8)
> Created attachment 180504 [details]
> Screenshot KDE
> 
> Screenshot taken from KDE's app starter. Same here, you don't know what you
> start. I support the Start Center addition.

Irrelevant. It is a KDE bug that it doesn’t sort the entries correctly.
Comment 10 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos 2022-06-13 06:24:29 UTC
And re: comment 7, no, the tree UI still exists on Windows 11, so the point is moot
Comment 11 Buovjaga 2022-06-25 07:13:16 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 12 Himanshi 2026-02-28 19:12:37 UTC
I have submitted a patch for this fix on Gerrit: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/200682/1
Comment 13 BogdanB 2026-05-02 19:31:19 UTC
I don't understand this bug, in the comment 4 this bug was aproved, but gerrit commit is not submited.
Comment 14 Buovjaga 2026-05-03 05:48:09 UTC
(In reply to BogdanB from comment #13)
> I don't understand this bug, in the comment 4 this bug was aproved, but
> gerrit commit is not submited.

Wasn't my comment in Gerrit pretty clear?

"I asked about this in the dev and design chats and there was opposition to this change. In the original report there is also opposition. So I'm not sure, if I dare to merge this."
Comment 15 BogdanB 2026-05-03 06:26:55 UTC
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #14)
> (In reply to BogdanB from comment #13)
> > I don't understand this bug, in the comment 4 this bug was aproved, but
> > gerrit commit is not submited.
> 
> Wasn't my comment in Gerrit pretty clear?
> 
> "I asked about this in the dev and design chats and there was opposition to
> this change. In the original report there is also opposition. So I'm not
> sure, if I dare to merge this."

Yes, but in this case, this bug is invalid.