Bug 168086 - In some apps (Writer, Calc), "Menu > User Interface" is not available while in GroupedBar compact UI mode
Summary: In some apps (Writer, Calc), "Menu > User Interface" is not available while i...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.0.4 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Notebookbar-Groupedbar
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Reported: 2025-08-24 03:25 UTC by Jeff Fortin Tam
Modified: 2025-08-29 13:20 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Demonstration video (1.96 MB, video/mp4)
2025-08-24 03:29 UTC, Jeff Fortin Tam
Details
Screenshots with Writer and Calc (117.94 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics)
2025-08-24 08:59 UTC, m_a_riosv
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Description Jeff Fortin Tam 2025-08-24 03:25:12 UTC

    
Comment 1 Jeff Fortin Tam 2025-08-24 03:28:13 UTC
Stupid bugzilla submitted the bug while I was typing the title because I hit the Enter key instead of ">".

Anyway… in 25.8, if your UI mode is set to "GroupedBar Compact", there are some apps where the "Menu > User Interface" action is not available, so it is effectively impossible to switch to a different user interface.

* Writer: affected
* Calc: affected
* Draw: not affected (menu item is present)
* Impress: not affected (menu item is present)

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Tested on:

Version: 25.8.0.4 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 48f00303701489684e67c38c28aff00cd5929e67
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Flatpak
Comment 2 Jeff Fortin Tam 2025-08-24 03:29:54 UTC
Created attachment 202489 [details]
Demonstration video
Comment 3 BogdanB 2025-08-24 05:09:40 UTC
Tested: Changed to "GroupedBar Compact"
* Writer: not affected (menu item is present)
* Calc: not affected (menu item is present)
* Draw: not affected (menu item is present)
* Impress: not affected (menu item is present)

Version: 25.8.0.4 (X86_64)
Build ID: 48f00303701489684e67c38c28aff00cd5929e67
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: ro-RO (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 4 m_a_riosv 2025-08-24 08:59:07 UTC
Created attachment 202490 [details]
Screenshots with Writer and Calc
Comment 5 V Stuart Foote 2025-08-24 10:46:02 UTC
Can not confirm on Windows builds against 25.8.1

In the Groupedbar Compact MUFFIN UI, the Menu provides button for the 'User interface...' dialog. Present for all modules and present on both the MUFFIN 'Menu' drop list assemblage, and on the legacy main menu when the 'Menubar' is selected active.

Version: 25.8.1.0.0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 00b2dd5faeb43ff50c84139a31892956a6a142d7
CPU threads: 28; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 6 Jeff Fortin Tam 2025-08-29 13:20:20 UTC
Huh! Well I tested again and it was still happening, so I went into "Toolbars > Customize > Reset" and reset all those groupedbar toolbars for every app, and that made it work correctly now. This is a bit strange considering that I'm fairly sure I never turned off that toolbar menu entry (I don't even know where to find it in the list in that dialog), but I guess that makes it a borked config issue and that it will not be actionable to troubleshoot and solve.

Sorry for the false positive there, I had not suspected a borked config because I did not toggle off that menu item myself, as far as I know.