Bug 166593 - First launch welcome dialog: back button missing
Summary: First launch welcome dialog: back button missing
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.0.0 alpha0+
Hardware: All All
: medium minor
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Blocks: First_Launch_Welcome
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Reported: 2025-05-15 15:11 UTC by Buovjaga
Modified: 2025-05-25 13:17 UTC (History)
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Description Buovjaga 2025-05-15 15:11:02 UTC
Split from bug 166588

back button: while each tab allows to move forward via the "Next" button, there is no "Back" button. Tabs can be navigated by the top, but again, if there is a "Next" button, users will also expect a "Back" button. The logic goes both ways.

See attachment 200824 [details]
Comment 1 Heiko Tietze 2025-05-19 08:58:19 UTC
I don't think this is needed. This kind of over-engineering rather harms UX. => WF
Comment 2 Eyal Rozenberg 2025-05-19 10:57:50 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #1)
> I don't think this is needed. This kind of over-engineering rather harms UX.

If you have a "Next" button, and that's not over-engineering, then you need a "Previous" or "Back" button.

Dialogs with Prev/Next button control for movement between tabs are a common and well-established UI idiom; so are dialogs with no Prev and no Next, just tabs. But one direction without the other? That's rare, and I was definitely missing the button.

You could, in principle, drop the Next entirely, and just have a Close/Dismiss button; but that would discourage people from moving forward beyond the "Welcome" tab.
Comment 3 Heiko Tietze 2025-05-19 11:37:25 UTC
The Next button was suggested as a trigger to go through the dialog.
Comment 4 Eyal Rozenberg 2025-05-19 11:46:15 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #3)
> The Next button was suggested as a trigger to go through the dialog.

And rightly so!

... but the buttons go together. Like in installer dialogs.
Comment 5 steve 2025-05-25 13:17:20 UTC
"... but the buttons go together. Like in installer dialogs." 👈 this.

As stated in the initial report.