Hei everyone!Being an Opera user, I was wondering if we could improve LibreOffice usability greatly by introducing a tiny change to the "Styles and Formatting Panel toggle" behavior. The S&F window can be docked as a panel to the right/left side of the screen and LibreOffice adds a toggle bar to that panel. When LibreOffice is maximized, this panel can be opened by simply moving the mouse cursor to the right/left edge of the screen (just like in Opera). Unfortunately the toggle bar is moved along with the opened panel, and is then no longer located at the screen edge. If it would remain at it's position, the same simple mouse action to open the panel could be used to close it again. I made a mockup of what I am trying to explain here, and attached it to this mail.
Another thing, that is certainly more difficult to implement, would be the possibility to dock other toolbars than S&F to a side panel.
I absolutely love the side panel in Opera because it gives access to bookmarks and other things with a click, without the need to aim the mouse cursor at anything. And the side panel may cover a substantial part of the screen to make it more usable, since another simple click at the edge of the screen will make it disappear again.
Greetings, Daniel M
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