Description: current state: The layouts panel likely uses a ValueSet widget for displaying slide layout options. Enhancement: Convert to Iconview widget for enhancement as native GTK widget is better and it would also improve web-based libreoffice experience. Steps to Reproduce: 1. open impress 2. Go to sidebar 3. Find the Layouts section Actual Results: Currently, the Impress sidebar layouts panel uses a ValueSet widget to display slide layout options. Expected Results: The layouts panel should use a native IconView widget instead of the ValueSet widget. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 25.04.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 1c61a807a96ff0ba0ef081287784eec6c9200ec4 CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.11; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Parth Raiyani committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/cf523a77a76645f301aaa43b57b0c78c8c685561 tdf#166964 Switch to IconView in LayoutMenu for improved UI handling It will be available in 26.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Parth: you added this to https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/25.8 so I guess you were planning to backport this to 25.8, right? I'm asking as I don't see a patch yet.
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #2) > Parth: you added this to > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/25.8 so I guess you were > planning to backport this to 25.8, right? I'm asking as I don't see a patch > yet. Thanks for the ping. I accidentally added in wrong version. It is for 26.2.0 version. I removed it from release notes.