Issue 1801

Summary:	Toolbars cannot be repositioned
Product:	ui	Reporter:	mikemaccana <mikem>
Component:	ui	Assignee:	falko.tesch
Status:	CLOSED NOT_AN_OOO_ISSUE	QA Contact:	issues@ui <issues>
Severity:	Trivial
Priority:	P3	CC:	issues
Version:	current
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	HP (PA-RISC)
OS:	Linux, all
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Latest Confirmation in:	---
Developer Difficulty:	---

Description mikemaccana 2001-10-06 00:42:20 UTC

Most modern Unix, MacOS and Windows applications allow the left hand side of a 
toolbar to be `grabbed', and rearranged on screen. 

This is an important feature as it allows the application to effectively make 
use of screen real estate. For example, is a user is running OpenOffice on a 
reasonably high resolution display, they should be able to place the Function 
Bar and the Object Bar beside eachother, allowing more space for the docuement.

Currently, OpenOffice does not allow this type of control over its toolbars. 
It would be great if it could.

Comment 1 stefan.baltzer 2001-10-08 13:06:54 UTC

Reassigned to Falko.

Comment 2 Frank Schönheit 2001-10-08 15:53:35 UTC

								
								 Mike,

as I don't know if you are aware of it (please forgive me if I'm 
repeating basics here :): The toolbars _can_ be arranged (but in 
opposite to MS, this is done differently).

But you are right, it is _not_ possible to arrange the Function bar 
and the Object bar beside each other.

IMHO, we should kiss the object of a single dedicated object bar good 
bye.
There should be a set of small toolboxes with logical similar tools. 
And these toolboxes should
a) be free arrangeable
b) change dependent on the current context (as the object bar 
currently does)

Though I think that for a), we don't need this "left hand grab 
helper" we all know from Microsoft - the current functionallity (grab 
a toolbox on every free pixel, but additionally press Ctrl) is better 
than MS' one I think: With our appraoch, you never (okay, seldom :) 
accidentially move your toolbox, while with MS, I often have to re-
aagange them because I was too fast with the mouse.

Comment 3 falko.tesch 2001-10-10 17:26:06 UTC

I will get back to this issue asap

Comment 4 falko.tesch 2003-10-15 13:44:13 UTC

This is an issue that will be covered with 2.0 successor.

Comment 5 falko.tesch 2003-10-15 13:44:25 UTC

closed