Save button

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#1

In the past, when I saved a document and hadn't yet made additional
changes, the "save" button was grayed out. This let me know that I had
done the save and avoided doing so redundantly. With the most recent
versions (I have 5.1.5.2-3 for Fedora 24), that doesn't seem to be true
any more. Why not? Can this be fixed?

#2

In the past, when I saved a document and hadn't yet made additional changes, the "save" button was grayed out. This let me know that I had done the save and avoided doing so redundantly. With the most recent versions (I have 5.1.5.2-3 for Fedora 24), that doesn't seem to be true any more. Why not?

See
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=22328a224df4619218b88205838307f70612207e . Apparently the Save button is always enabled in order to provide access to the (new) associated drop-down. The document modification status is shown instead by a differentiated Save button icon, which I think you can see at
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LrWPfWSuLSA/maxresdefault.jpg .

Can this be fixed?

You mean "configured"? Apparently not;
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.1 says "Removed /org.openoffice.Office.Common/Misc/AlwaysAllowSave. Saving is now always allowed."

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker

#3

On my system, Ubuntu 16.04 and LO 5.1.5.2, the save button doesn't get greyed out, but when I make a change to the file, a yellow starburst appears on the disk image in the save button. It's not as obvious as a greyed out icon, but, once learned, it is noticeable.

Virgil

#4

I should have clarified that is with the Gnome desktop. When using the Unity desktop, I see a small red dot on the save icon. Either way, the save icon changes when a change is made to a document.

Virgil

#5

​Om my 64-bit Linux Mint 18 system with the Cinnamon desktop, when running
LO Version: 5.2.1.1, I don't observe any changes to the save button after a
document has been saved.​

​But perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place ?...

Henri

#6

I wonder how much of this is the result of the operating system. On my Windows 10 system with LO 5.1.4.2, I get a white star on a green circle green starburst on the save button, which is an icon of an old floppy disk on my toolbar. So, I've seen three different results as follows:

Windows 10, LO 5.1.4.2 -- White star on green circle on the floppy disk save icon
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Unity Desktop, LO 5.1.5.2 -- A small red dot on the floppy disk save icon (the Unity floppy disk icon is more of a line drawing than a full color icon)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Gnome Desktop, LO 5.1.5.2 -- A yellow starburst on the floppy disk save icon

Regardless of my system setup, I'm getting a distinguishing mark on a file once I've changed it from the version previously saved.

Virgil

#7

Hi:

As I understand, it depends of the Theme and Icon Style that you have
installed in your LO:

Menu-> Tools-> Options-> View-> User Interface-> Theme and Icon Style

For example:

In my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS->LibreOffice 5.1.4.2-> Style Oxygen-> Icon is a
Diskete with Asterisk white with Border green.

In my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS->LibreOffice 5.1.4.2-> Style Galaxy-> Icon is a
Diskete with a little Asterisk white with Border orange.

In my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS->LibreOffice 5.1.4.2-> Style Human-> Icon is a
Hard Disk with an arrow pointing down but when something is changed in
the spreadsheet, it turns to Diskete with Asterisk white with Border
green. Then, after save, it change again to Hard Disk.

I hope this help,

Regards,

Jorge Rodríguez

#8

Hi Henry and all:

I think that style «Automatic (Human)» is the most basic style (default
for LO), and doesn't have much particular characteristic as have the
other styles.

Regards,

Jorge Rodríguez