Bug 169513 - Colibri icons: Non-modal search bar uses non-standard red circle icon to close it
Summary: Colibri icons: Non-modal search bar uses non-standard red circle icon to clos...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.2.2 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Blocks: Icon-Request
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Reported: 2025-11-18 10:33 UTC by jan d
Modified: 2025-12-11 03:16 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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current colibre icon to close toolbar (1.28 KB, image/png)
2025-11-18 10:34 UTC, jan d
Details
Icons closepreview.png (27.44 KB, image/png)
2025-12-10 09:30 UTC, Heiko Tietze
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Description jan d 2025-11-18 10:33:13 UTC
Description:
The calibri icon set uses an x on red background as icon for closing the search bar (open it, e.g. with Ctrl+F). 
This might suggest a destructive action in the document to some users and is inconsistent with other buttons we use for closing non-modal UI elements which is usually designated by a simple x without a red backgroud. 

Suggestion: Change search bar close icon in colibri to simple x without a red backgroud to match other parts of the interface

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Change iconset to Colibre (Tools - Options - LibreOffice - Appearance)
2. Press Ctrl+F in Writer or Calc
2. Close the toolbar again with the button on the left

Actual Results:
The button to close the bar is an x on red background

Expected Results:
The button to close the bar should be an x on the general background color of the app, similar to the close button on sidebars. 


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.2.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: d401f2107ccab8f924a8e2df40f573aab7605b6f
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 jan d 2025-11-18 10:34:24 UTC
Created attachment 204065 [details]
current colibre icon to close toolbar
Comment 2 Krithika Yetchina 2025-12-10 04:01:43 UTC
Hey Jan - thank you for reporting this issue. I see what you are saying, and I am able to reproduce it in
Version: 25.8.3.2 (AARCH64)
Build ID: 8ca8d55c161d602844f5428fa4b58097424e324e
CPU threads: 11; OS: macOS 15.6.1; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

I have tagged this so the UX team can review this.
Comment 3 Heiko Tietze 2025-12-10 09:30:38 UTC
Created attachment 204557 [details]
Icons closepreview.png

The toolbar allows customization. The UNO command uno:ExitSearch which icon is linked to .uno:ClosePreview, that effectively has the Swiss-like colors. But not limited to Colibre.

The command .uno:ClosePreview is used on Notebookbars, for example the Tabbed variant at the Print tab (when showing the preview). And on classic UI toolbars/ we have it on contextmenu and toolbar when showing the print preview.

(In reply to jan d from comment #0)
> This might suggest a destructive action in the document...
Doubt this. And actually it is destructive in the sense of closing a view. If you search for "icon close" most icons use red colors. But I'm not opposing a special icon for closing a toolbar.
Comment 4 V Stuart Foote 2025-12-10 13:12:11 UTC
-1, on the principle that it is up to the icon theme designers to make their design choices for the symbology and iconography they present.

The red-X to close is implemented across all icon themes except Sifr. Are we asking to designers to change all the themes? Seems like change for changes sake.

IMHO => NAB and a clear => WF