Description: A floating formatting toolbar that appears when you right-click on text in different LO applications (similar to the one in MS Office) would improve usability and efficiency dramatically. It saves unnecessary movement of the mouse pointer and several clicks. Users who prefer to hide toolbars for a more cleaner, distraction-free screen can do that more easily because they can still use the floating toolbar to format text/paragraphs. Anecdotally, that toolbar would be sufficient to replace nearly all of my interactions with toolbars and menus. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Right-click on text. 2. 3. Actual Results: Context menu appears. Expected Results: Floating formatting bar appears above the context menu. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: NA
Almost duplicate of https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87040 I think floating bar should appear with the context menu. After you use the mouse to select text and right-click, context menu options and formatting buttons are a twitch away. Having to use a separate key combination for the floating bar goes against streamlining.
Apparently, some users (not sure how many) find MSO's mini bar annoying because it gets in the way. That may be because it pops up the moment you simply select text. This wouldn't be an issue if it appeared only after you right-clicked on text at the same time as the context menu appears, as described in the original comment. When you right-click on text presumably you want to be presented with formatting options anyway. The floating toolbar would be an extension to the context menu options.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 87040 ***
Just to clarify, the request is for a formatting floating bar in addition to (rather than instead of) the context menu. Here is an example for comparison: to highlight a sentence now I have to select text, right-click on it and then (1) select Character (2) select Character in submenu (3) select Highlighting tab (4) click on Colour (5) select one of the colours (6) click on OK. With a floating bar + context menu it would be just (1) click on the highlight button. Done. If you do this 100 times a day, the floating bar will improve usability and efficiency dramatically. More importantly, it's natural and with muscle memory you don't have to think where the highlight option is hidden, so you are not distracted. It's better than clicking on the standard toolbar too, which may not even be visible. Another example, right-clicking to see the font/size etc already applied to text. Many users (like me) prefer super-clean interfaces. No sidebars, toolbars, menu bar, even scrollbars and title bar, until absolutely needed. Long-form writers often select writing applications based on how clutter-free they are. Some even switch to very basic software if they can't declutter their word processor. You don't have to be an extreme minimalist to appreciate that a floating bar gives you many of the things you need without unhiding sidebars, toolbars, menu bar etc or wandering around submenus in the context menu. The floating bar could include styles too.