https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130102 --- Comment #13 from Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze@documentfoundation.org> --- Sidebar max width was discussed in some meetings, among others in (1) or (2), culminated in a survey which results are presented in (3) and the guideline (4). One point is "Do not crop controls. Define one minimum width depending on the content of all tabs." In bug 128180 a smaller minimum was requested and we decided to resolve as WF, likewise we did in bug 90374 about a fixed width across all tabs. So the initial request to have one fix width is a WF. As Stuart said in comment 8 we should focus on better positioning of controls, IMHO also a stricter selection of what is shown, labels for accessibility etc. Should it be done on this ticket, or at all? Probably not unless the topic receives more attention. (1) https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Meetings/2016-02-05 (2) https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Meetings/2016-02-19 (3) https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2016/04/17/our-happy-hour-how-libreoffice-sidebar-tenders-properties-and-functions/ (4) https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Guidelines/SideBar (In reply to andreas_k from comment #3)
you can change the size at MSO but in the default width all elements fit's in addition they use always the same layout and the same widget's.
Using one control per row results in a clean layout, no question. And it also has the advantage of (accessible) labels everywhere. But keep in mind that we provide access to much more functions and attributes from the sidebar. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.