Steps: 1) Open Writer 2) Hide the sidebar 3) Open Impress through the New button 4) Sidebar will be hidden The sidebar is an essential component of impress and draw and should always be open. Version: 5.1.0.0.alpha1+ Build ID: 9a85743766e8a063d20d5f93ee88758e243397f4 TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@70-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2015-10-23_00:56:39 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8)
Yes it is probably correct that Impress should open with the Sidebar active in almost all instances. But until bug 67770 is resolved in some fashion--it is going to have to be hard coded to force it to open--as opposed to taking its state from the current LO session.
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*** Bug 114506 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
We discussed this topic in the design meeting and recommend to store the state (normal/expanded, collapsed/only the tabs are shown, hidden) per module (the minimized state should be removed, see bug 137118). Raising the importance since Impress heavily relies on the sidebar.
@Caolán, I thought you might be interested in this issue
*** Bug 160183 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This is related to my request added on the link below, which is asking for per-module/app settings for the sidebar as I always use Writer with it showing and Calc with it hidden. https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/do-separate-sidebar-open-close-settings-per-app-exist/105128 David