LibreOffice 7.0.2.2 Linux Mint.
How can I have the text toolbar show only when I have Textbox selected?
I can show it by selecting View>toolbars>text formatting, but it stays visible even if I do not have the Textbox function selected.
Hello,
I’m not aware of LibreOffice having something like “context-sensitive” toolbars when using the Standard Toolbar User Interface (see View -> User Interface). From my perspective you have the following options:
1) User Interface : Standard Toolbar
- Activate the sidebar using
View -> Sidebar(CTRL+F5) - Sidebar contextually opens the Properties dialog on adding a text box to your document
2) User Interface: Tabbed
- Change the User Interface to Tabbed (
View -> User Interface -> Tabbed) - Adding a Text Box automatically enables a
Text Formattingtoolbar
Note Did not check the behavior of other User Interface settings.
Tested using LibreOffice:
Version: 7.0.2.2,Build ID: 8349ace3c3162073abd90d81fd06dcfb6b36b994
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: kf5
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US,Calc: threaded
Hope that helps
Hi,
Thanks, both those options work, though not quite what I was looking for.
In L.O. 7.0.0.2 what it did was to always to display the standard toolbar, then when a text box was selected th text formatting toolbar appeared alongside it.
But in L.O. 7.0.2.2 View>User interface does have a Contextual Single option, which is similar but not quite.