Description: For privacy reasons, this user would love the ability to not display the opening screen that defaults to Recent Documents. Or, perhaps have the option to NOT display this one item within the screen, and preserve the other options in the left navigation bar. Having access to recent documents via the File menu is still desirable, but not upon launch. While I am on Macs, perhaps this could be OS-agnostic in a future update? Steps to Reproduce: 1. Launch LibreOffice 2. There it is 3. Actual Results: Launching LibreOffice defaults to displaying the Recent Documents option in the selection window. Expected Results: Preferred results would to NOT display recent activity in such a public manner upon launch. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Either as a preference to remove this default selection during the startup screen entirely, or not have the startup screen appear and let the user navigate from the menubar.
You can disable the thumbnail views with the boolean stanza 'RecentDocsThumbnail' Tools -> Options -> Advanced 'Open Expert Configuration' Enter RecetnDocsThumbnail on the search bar. Use the Edit button to toggle it from default True to disabled False. That will use generic placeholder icons as the thumbnails. The MRU listing will continue to be listed on the backing pane the Start Center uses. For privacy, that is the handling of any encrypted ODF document, just a generic icon. You can also set your MRU list length to '0' (Expert Configuration 'PickListSize') to open the Start Center empty, but you'll loose your MRU. As to removing the MRU history from the Start Center, that is not appealing as the size of the Start Center is the initial launch size for each of the modules. And past discussions to show just the side bar of controls without the empty space for the thumbnails was rejected. IMHO => WF
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Thinking of an alternative view in the start center, given you want to keep the MRU list, I could imagine to show the templates by default (and optional). Is there a benefit beyond the alleged privacy issue?
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #1) > You can disable the thumbnail views with the boolean stanza > 'RecentDocsThumbnail' Tools -> Options -> Advanced 'Open Expert > Configuration' > > Enter RecetnDocsThumbnail on the search bar. > > Use the Edit button to toggle it from default True to disabled False. > > That will use generic placeholder icons as the thumbnails. The MRU listing > will continue to be listed on the backing pane the Start Center uses. > > For privacy, that is the handling of any encrypted ODF document, just a > generic icon. > > You can also set your MRU list length to '0' (Expert Configuration > 'PickListSize') to open the Start Center empty, but you'll loose your MRU. > > As to removing the MRU history from the Start Center, that is not appealing > as the size of the Start Center is the initial launch size for each of the > modules. And past discussions to show just the side bar of controls without > the empty space for the thumbnails was rejected. > > IMHO => WF Thank you for the reply. While removing the thumbnails will certainly hide the graphic, it doesn't restore the privacy of the user. Perhaps having the option to open displaying the Templates would achieve the level of discretion I'm advocating for here while preserving the Start Center splash screen. E.g., I do tutoring or coaching small businesses and families using computers for work or personal needs. While Macs offer individual sandboxing for user accounts, this feature is rarely used in shared systems. Hence the staff or family are all logged in under one user account - or working in relatively close proximity to one another. Working on documents with sensitive names (Financial, Medical, Legal) for these customers has brought up my question. Wandering eyeballs are not so much the issue as simply launching Libreoffice and document names are immediately front-and-center. Alternatives for the customers to use, such as Numbers and Pages default to a screen showing the last used saved path (folder, such as Desktop). While not ideal, it is a bit more discrete. Microsoft Word and Excel default to blank documents. The default behavior of the app would have never been an item of concern to me personally until it was brought to my attention IRL. Now I can't unsee it :) thanks again for the reply. I'll see if customers are more at ease with file listings unless you think I should revise my feature request to request Templates as an opening option rather than Recent Documents. Is there a plist flag where this can be defined?
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #3) > Thinking of an alternative view in the start center, given you want to keep > the MRU list, I could imagine to show the templates by default (and > optional). Is there a benefit beyond the alleged privacy issue? Thank you for the reply. I was also thinking of your suggestion. Default start center as the templates option. Privacy is the primary benefit that comes to mind. Until I was asked about it, (I'm the only user of my own systems and rarely use them in a public space), it never occurred to me this might be a privacy concern. Now I can't unsee the behavior.