The decision to hide the LO startcenter launcher was recently questioned in a thread at the ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel- discuss/2021-March/018966.html I too would like that launcher become visible again. It's not only about the visual impression in the "Start Applications" view, but the technique for hiding the LO startcenter launcher prevents you from having it among the "Favorites" in the Dock. Myself was in the habit of replacing the Writer/Impress/Calc icons in the Dock with the startcenter one. Also, as pointed out in comment #12 above, there are use cases where the LO startcenter plays a role on its own merits. Debian didn't hide it, btw. While they hid Math, they chose to keep startcenter visible. Please consider to drop hide-startcenter-desktop-file.patch. ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1696250 Title: Please hide Start Center and Math Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in libreoffice package in Debian: Won't Fix Bug description: From GNOME Shell, open the Applications Overview and click the Show Applications button to see the list of apps. Currently, LibreOffice takes up a whole row on my computer (6 icons) which seems excessive with GNOME Shell's current design. I suggest that we do like Fedora and hide the LibreOffice Start Center and LibreOffice Math. Instead of opening a Start Center, it makes more sense for a user to just open the app they want directly. I don't think users want to create a mathematical formula just to create one, but to insert into a document so it makes more sense to start Math from within the other app. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1696250/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
