Bug 67426

Summary:	Open/hide new LibreOffice 4.1 sidebar with mouseover event.
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Nbpx <natanael.unisinos>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	jmadero.dev, quikee, vsfoote
Priority:	medium
Version:	4.1.0.4 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Bug Blocks:	103459

Description Nbpx 2013-07-28 04:45:50 UTC

My suggestion is to use mouse over event to show/hide the sidebar.

It would save some space on small screens, make sidebar easier to use and less annoying and would improve LibreOffice appearance.

I'm using Libre Office 4.1 on Ubuntu 13.10 from PPA.

Comment 1 Joel Madero 2013-08-01 18:47:01 UTC

Great suggestion - confirming that it's valid

Comment 2 Tin Man 2014-01-28 12:53:41 UTC

If you remember, we used to have controls that appeared on mouse-over, such as in the header/footer or in the slide pane. This caused a lot of accidental misclicks and thus went against our "ux-error-prevention" principle [1], so, for the same reasons, an on-hover sidebar is a no-go, I'm afraid.

[1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Principles

Comment 3 V Stuart Foote 2014-06-18 14:45:22 UTC

As implemented for 4.2 onward, the Sidebar has vertical click-able button "Hide" or "Show" that positively achieves this function over a mouse-over fly-out.

Agree with Mierk and find this UX function is more robust.

Closing as won't fix. If folks feel there is still a requirement for mouse-over fly-out treatment of the Sidebar, please reopen but provide reasonable justification of the requirement.

Comment 4 V Stuart Foote 2014-06-18 14:47:28 UTC

And, actually the "Show" "Hide" function was implemented early in the 4.1 release.