On Windows 7 sp1, 64-bit en-US Version: 4.3.0.0.beta2 Build ID: a06aa316117a6ff0f05c697c82831c227812d810 When the Sidebar (docked or un-docked) is activated for any of its supported components, the Tab Bar Icons representing the Panel active in the Decks: i.e. Properties, Master Pages, Sytles & Formatting, Custom Animation, Slide Transition, Gallery, Navigator, and Function--do not visually indicate when the panel is selected. True regardless of selection of the Icon theme from Tools -> Options -> View: Icon Size and Style The Icons on the Tab Bar remain the same whether the panel is selected or not. Seems that with GTK UI implementation that as the widgets can be traversed, focus and selection status should trigger change. Currently focus will shift the Icon, but when the selection state changes there is no indication in the icon to show it as selected. Seems an oversight that should be a trivial adjustment, if even a box around the widget and not a shift in Icon rendering.
Created attachment 100997 [details] Screenshot LO4.4 daily I'm not sure whether I understand your report. I see a frame around the active icon, see screenshot.
Created attachment 100998 [details] Screen clips of SideBar Tab Bar icons on Windows Hmm, so Windows only?
No, I'm on Windows 7. Have you tried it with a new user profile?
Not reproducible for me with LO 4.2.6.0+ and LO 4.3.0.0beta2+ under Ubuntu 14.04 x86-64. Best regards. JBF
Created attachment 101002 [details] screenshot normal icon @V Stuart Foote: In you screenshot the selected "paragraph" icon looks strange too. On my screenshot it has a frame and its background has a gradient. Your icon has a plain background and uses a background color different from the window colors. Perhaps our systems differ already in the OS desktop settings?
Yup,sorry for the noise! Resolving Not a bug. Seems that within the Windows System Properties -> Advanced -> Performance Options -> Visual Effects frame. Where if the "Use visual styles on windows and buttons" checkbox is not selected the icons are not correctly rendered. Since I often just run with the "Adjust for Best performance" radio button selected, had to work through the values to identify which returns the visual renderings of the Icons, and "Use visual styles on windows" seems to have been the culprit.