Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 48126
Full Screen Toolbar
Last modified: 2013-11-22 14:00:09 UTC
I think it should be possible to hide COMPLETELY the Full Screen Toolbar in the full screen mode. It is very annoying if you are in the full screen mode and cannot switch off all toolbar. You try to do so, but you can switch off only the button, not the toolbar, you try to hide it in some corner or so -- it would be better to have the possibility to switch it off.
Reassigned to Requirements.
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This issue is still valid. There is no way to turn the "Full screen" toolbar, that clutters the full screen view, permanently off.
This was done by intent because in former times we had complaints that some users couldn't find their way out out the full screen mode. I think that this issue should be fixed or rejected soon, I don't see a reason to postpone a decision until the Day Of Judgement. Thus I set the target to 3.1. @cl: please let us come to a final decision about the matter. IMHO we can treat the FullScreen toolbar the same way as others. If a users wants to get rid of it she can switch it off in "View-Toolbars". If she just closes the floating toolbar, it will reappear next time.
As of 300m9, there is no way to switch off the full screen toolbar under view/toolbars because the full screen toolbar doesn't appear there. Putting it there would be a good idea. BUT THE BUG HAS DETERIORATED FROM VERSION 2.3. In version 2.3, from which I've just updated *because* I hoped this issue would be fixed, it was possible to kill the full screen toolbar after going to full screen using the right-click menu on it. Now that has been inactivated!!! I am a novelist. I can assure you that this is a serious issue and it needs fixing or this program is not one I can use because that damned little toolbar is so distracting. I am switching back to version 2.3, even with the bug it has on the italics not toggling back off once set (an issue fixed on version 3). For new users, consider a little warning note (which you can turn off forever in a tick box somewhere) coming up on activating full screen, with the information to use ESC to exit back to normal view.
move target to 3.2.
*** Issue 105292 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
I just wanted to mention that this affect OpenOffice 3.2 on Ubuntu 10.10 as well.
hope this issue will correct this one of many annoying things. it is the same annoyance level on Ubuntu 10.10 and on Windows.
The issue is still valid and applies to OpenOffice 3.2.1 (on Ubuntu 10.04) I want to display a calc sheet on a touchscreen display so that anyone can consult it at any moment (in read only mode). No mouse, no keyboard available. I do not want the users to access any other applications on the computer so I set Open Office to launch in fullscreen mode. This fullscreen toolbar is very annoying because it gives the possibility to the users to exit the fullscreen mode and then access OS menus and any other application on the computer. I definitely do not want them to play with anything else than the sheet. Any update available for that issue? (I cannot remove the window manager because I need the scrollbars)
This still shows up on OOo 3.2.1 on Ubuntu 10.10. Quite distracting, IMHO.
Still present in 3.3.0 I am a writer and would love to see this addressed. Text at the very top of the screen next to "OpenOffice.org", reading "Press 'esc' to exit full screen mode" would solve the conflicting issues: a. Allowing complete removal of the toolbar, and b. Preventing the unwary from becoming trapped in full screen mode. Seriouswriter's comment also has merit. "...consider a little warning note (which you can turn off forever in a tick box somewhere) coming up on activating full screen, with the information to use ESC to exit back to normal view."
8 years, and this little bugger is still there! Making full screen mode useless...
Created attachment 81981 [details] Writer document with a macro Run the macro and restart OpenOffice. The macro will make the toolbar appear in "View - Toolbars", and the toolbar will be closable.