Bug 157178 - Toolbars disappear
Summary: Toolbars disappear
Status: REOPENED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
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7.6.0.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
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Blocks: Toolbars
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Reported: 2023-09-10 22:37 UTC by acampbell012
Modified: 2024-10-16 01:38 UTC (History)
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Description acampbell012 2023-09-10 22:37:36 UTC
Tool bars selected disappear when any spreadheet activity occurs. I can not pinpoint what may be causing this. Specifically, when I activate the Standard and Formatting toolbars, they disappear within a minute of using the spreadsheet.
Comment 1 ady 2023-09-10 23:12:26 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 2 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-09-11 06:25:15 UTC
acampbell012, can please confirm that you are using the Tabbed user interface?

Somewhat related: bug 148123.
Adding UX/Design team to CC because Ady added needsUXEval.
Comment 3 acampbell012 2023-09-11 11:45:55 UTC
View was standard, not tabbed. Standard and formatting toolbars were the only ones active

Safe mode did not resolve the issue, however; following the instructions for deleting and recreating the profile folder resolved the issue.

Problem did not exist in any earlier versions I had installed.
Comment 4 ady 2023-09-11 12:03:35 UTC
Considering the difficulties to recreate this problem (as described in comment 3), there are 2 possibilities:
_ convert this report into an enhancement request for UI other than Standard (as per comment 1); or,
_ close this report as insufficient data (in order to replicate the original issue, with no reporter's fault, of course).
Comment 5 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-09-11 12:11:50 UTC
OK, let's remove UX/Design team from CC, and close as "worksforme" as it's unlikely we'll identify what was wrong with that profile.
If you manage to reproduce again, please set back to "unconfirmed" and provide further information.
Thank you both!
Comment 6 andréb 2024-10-16 01:38:31 UTC
Running Libreoffice 24.2.5.2 (X86_64)
with threads CPU =4 ; Linux 6.6
interface = default UI render ; language = fr-FR
Calc = threaded

This describes my problem, but on Linux.  So I changed the OS to all.
It is a UI problem

It didn't exist initially in Libreoffice, but has been occuring for quite a while.  Tool bars used to be static for me.
It makes it difficult to use libreoffice if doing a lot of formatting, especially on a large spreadsheet.

I'm not sure what is meant by "tabbed interface".
There are a number of pages, selectable on the bottom line.
I've rarely used libreoffice with only one page.

It applies to both embedded & detached tool bars.

I don't know if someone programming libreoffice had the idea that tool bars should disappear, but posts on the internet from some other users say that they don't have the problem.
This makes me want to find another spreadsheet program.


Since it is clearly a user interface problem, that group should be on the CC.
They are the only ones who can solve it.
I would expect that they would have suggestions of tests to help solve the problem.


Another factor which might be related :
Once a detached tool bar is placed, it can no longer be moved.
Undefining & redefining it still puts it in the same location.
After editing the tool bar & unselecting it, sometimes I am able to put it in a new location when it is reselected, but then it gets frozen at the new location.

Let me know if I should file a separate bug for this other factor.