Re: [libreoffice-design] Fwd: [libreoffice-accessibility] MASTER TECHNICAL ACCESSIBILITY REPORT markdown

On 29.07.26 09:29, Michael Weghorn wrote:
> The removal of the Tango icon theme from the core installation of recent 
> LibreOffice versions (including 24.x/26.x) has created severe, insurmountable 
> accessibility barriers for users who strictly rely on high-contrast, classically
> defined, and color-distinct iconography.
Tango was never meant to be the accessibility icon theme, it was rather an 
approach to blend into Gnome based distributions. And it got removed after 
discussion in https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132022.

> 2. **Provide a direct, foolproof, and fully accessible installation method** 
> through the internal Extension Manager, bypassing broken web links.
You can install the last state of the icon theme via Tools > Options > 
Appearance per "tight integration". Click the icon next to the icon themes 
dropdown and pick the "Tango Icon Theme". Missing icons will be replaced by the 
theme that is the default on your OS/DE or eventually Colibre.

> The necessity for classic icon themes like Tango is empirically validated by the
> lived experience of the author...
"Empirical" and "one user" don't go well together :-). We previously shipped the 
hicontrast icon theme which has been superseded by the Sifr theme, see https://
bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75398 for this. Have you tried it?

(I agree with the esthetical arguments but you surely know better what works
well for accessibility.)

> 1. **Streamlined Toolbar Customization:** ... We propose a permanent, highly 
> visible shortcut (such as a large right-click context menu)...
If you click on the empty area of a classic toolbar a context menu allows to 
switch buttons on/off (that are customized into the toolbar but not visible).

> 2. **Custom Graphics Parameter:** Introduce a parameter allowing users to
> easily load and apply their own custom icons/graphics directly to specific
> toolbar...> 3. **Deduplication of Clipboard Actions:** Implement an automated layout...

I think the workflow described above is sufficient. You don't change the 
appearance so often that it deserves a button in the primary UI.

> * **Disable Background Auto-Save by default (currently every 10 seconds):**
Many users request the opposite, see 
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77999
> * **Smart Default File Naming:** The software should automatically suggest...
This is tracked under https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58685


To summarize: The work is mostly done on Bugzilla. Feel free to comment on 
tickets, to report issues, and suggest enhancements. But one topic per report 
please. If you are up to chat you are welcome to join the design room on 
Telegram https://t.me/+REjA4CpBBIR6F-0c (or is it https://t.me/LibreOfficeDesign 
?), bridged to Matrix 
https://matrix.to/#/%23libreoffice-design%3Adocumentfoundation.org and to IRC 
https://web.libera.chat/?chan=#libreoffice-design (people there are asking for you).

Thanks for taking the time to write up all your pain points!

Cheers,
Heiko

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