Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 32309
Toolbars look awful in Windows XP without Luna Theme
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:13:04 UTC
The toolbars do not fit with the application look and feel if the user is not using the luna theme on windows xp.
SBA->SSA: Please take over.
ssa->cj: any comments ?
Well, we can introduce a "Classic Look" Option. Which turns everything OpenOffice.org to a look introduced 1995 ;-). This option shall inlude the toolbars.
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ssa->cj: please specify exactly what this option should do and what UI elements will be affected, where it will be placed in the UI or if it will be used automatically.
I disagree about to use the old theme as default in computers without the Luna feel. I know that it is not the prettiest thing in the world (I'm under WinXP without the Luna right now), but I prefer the new look. It depends a lot in the configuration of the user (the colors he choose, and fonts, mainly). Already there is a 'View', in the Format-->Options menu, and there was a 'look and feel' option there. I suggest to use something like this.
Yes, it would be nice to be able to choose which toolbar set to use. I think it should be a UI option, as not all people will want to use the new look and feel. I should point out that the application is still perfectly usable, it just clashes horribly with the font and colour settings I already have set up, I'm not keen on changing them just to use OOo. Any ideas if this will make it into the 2.0 release. I'm not terribly disappointed if you mark this WONTFIX. Should switch to linux, eh ;-)
I have to say that I'm really disapointed with the new look of OOo. It seems to be entirely copied from another office suite! There needs to be some way of changing the way the program looks, but all the options to change the look in previous versions appear to have been lost on th later developer builds. What happened to the "Look & Feel" and "Flat Buttons" options under Tools>Options>View?
Ed2: These are specifications. The look and feel will can be changed by native tools, like GTK for Linux. They were not lost, they was picked up from OOo.
asrail: Firstly, the native widget framework doesn't (at present) apply to toolbar buttons, so it does not make the "flat buttons" option redundant. Secondly, the farmework doen't work on all paltforms, so these options are still needed on platforms where the native widget framework does not work. Also, it seems unlikely that the toolbars will be made to use native widgets any time soon, since a new platform-independent look has just been introduced, which I don't think they would have done if they were about to throw it all away in favour of a native look.
*** Issue 32309 has been confirmed by votes. ***
duplicate. this should work now with the current developer snaphsot. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 32193 ***
closing duplicate.
This isue IS NOT a duplicate of issue 32193. The changes implemented for issue 32193 only make OOo look right under Windows XP when the "Luna" theme IS being used, and does nothing to help users of Windows when the "Luna" theme is not being used, which is what this issue refers to.
Created attachment 21924 [details] image illustrating problem
This issue is still a problem in 680_m71s1 (note that issue 32193 says fixed in m71 - this is NOT a duplicate of that issue). Added a picture attachment to prove the point.
Agreed, this is not a duplicate. The problem is still in m71s1.
CJ: Set target to "OOo Later".