Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 33124
Options>OpenOffice.org>View>Look&feel / View Flat Buttons
Last modified: 2004-11-04 12:21:49 UTC
These options were present in earlier versions of OOo, and allowed the appearance or basic widgets to be changed to suite the user's preferences. They appear to have been lost when the native widget framework was partially introduced. I have seen it said that the native widget framework makes these options redundant, but that is not the case for two reasons: The native widget framework does not work on all paltforms, therefore all of these options are still needed on platforms not supporting the native widget framework; Thwe "Flat Buttons" option refers only to the toolbars, which do not use native widgets even under the framework. I therefore think that all of these options need to be re-introduced for platforms not supporting native widgets, and the "Flat Buttons" option be re-introduced on all platforms, until (if this ever happens) OOo uses native widgets for all surfaces including toolbars, on all platforms on which OOo runs.
SBA->ed2: Please verify in 680m52 or younger and comment. Thank you. Component changed to "Framework", reassigned to TM.
Works as designed ! Behaviour has been changed -> Using native widgets on WinXP and Gnome (2.4 or higher) or the old Win2000 look on non native widgets OS.
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