Bug 170821 - degraded usability of 'Paragraph Style' dialog
Summary: degraded usability of 'Paragraph Style' dialog
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 165989
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
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25.8.4.2 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
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Reported: 2026-02-15 23:51 UTC by john
Modified: 2026-02-17 07:59 UTC (History)
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Description john 2026-02-15 23:51:12 UTC
Description:
In LO 25.8, the Paragraph Style editing dialog has been changed from a top-tabbed arrangement to a side-tabbed arrangement, such that all of the tabs no longer fit in the window. To find the 'border' tab, one needs to scroll to off-screen content. (However, there is no scroll-bar associated with the tabs, one can only use the arrows, and no obvious indicator to show if the off-screen content is 'up' or 'down') Additionally, there don't seem to be any of the obvious ALT+xxxx keystrokes to quickly navigate the tabs, as I believe there were in the old dialog. I found that I can use up/down arrows to move through the tabs, but no keystroke to get directly to the relevant tab.


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Expected Results:
Please ensure that new dialogs have been thoroughly tested for keyboard usability. There should be an easily discoverable path to accessing features that are being used repeatedly, without having to reach for the mouse.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
.I note that the help page for the new dialog is not correct, eg it still refers to the 'Organiser' tab.
Comment 1 john 2026-02-16 00:16:50 UTC
a further comment is that the 'paragraph properties' dialog (Format menu) retains the old layout. It is desirable that the paragraph properties and paragraph style dialogs are as similar as possible.
Comment 3 Heiko Tietze 2026-02-17 07:59:56 UTC
You can go back to the horizontal tabs via Tools > Options > Appearance.