Actually started using this at work too now, as the entire file menu part of Word 365 is an utter garbage fire.
Does Linux get a damn normal scroll bar yet?
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What scroll bar?
I use Libreoffice for all of my business admin, from invoices to pricing models. It’s fantastic software.
the free and open source office suite trusted by millions of users around the world.
Do I use Libre office? Yes. Do I trust it? Absolutely not (in the sense that I don’t think they’re stealing my data, but wow is the user experience a buggy mess)
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This project has never been more relevant in light of the recent acceleration of enshitification over at Microslop. Might be time to donate a few bucks.
What’s New in LibreOffice 26.2
Markdown import and export features. Improved performance and responsiveness across the suite, making large documents open, edit, and save more smoothly. Enhanced compatibility with documents created in proprietary and open core office software, reducing formatting issues and surprises. Refined user interface behavior for a cleaner, more consistent experience. Expanded support for open standards, reinforcing long-term access to documents. Hundreds of bug fixes and stability improvements contributed by the global LibreOffice community.
See the Release Notes for the full list of new features.
Markdown, great!
Also, I’m curious about the UI refinement.
Also, I’m curious about the UI refinement.
In the release notes you’ve linked, there’s a heading called User Interface. It’s a fair number of small QOL improvements.
I see nothing about making the scroll bar static, with buttons, which is impossible to have on Linux–for an application designed around scrolling pages.
This strikes me as an odd comment. Did you have a specific reason to expect that 26.2 would include this, such as an enhancement request that you’d logged (or had been following) via their community channels?
Um, no. But word processors are centered around scrolling, and all that’s available is a mobile scroll, which auto-hides and has no up and down buttons. I cannot possibly be the only person who finds this problematic. Hard pass.
If you’re using KDE, apparently changing your system application style might help - Breeze, for example, has an option for visible scroll arrows. Link.
In any case, it’s a GTK thing, not a LibreOffice thing.
It looks way better on macos in my opinion. Resolution is higher and the app is generally more smooth.
Great news! Markdown has been one of the most requested features
Good to see focus on performance and responsiveness. On cachyOS I have laggy scrolling through text documents. Will have to test later
I also had it, any chance that the last poi here In the troubleshooting fixes it for you as well?
Tested new update. Seems a little better. Will check out your links, thanks!
Same via NixOS, I use high-resolution scrolling but Libreoffice seems worse than normal scrolling. I think it’s using XWayland for some reason but I really don’t have time to unearth what the difference is between the
libreofficeandlibreoffice-qt-freshpackages and if any of them can actually use Wayland.Yeah, have been wondering about that qt-fresh package as well…
Actually, chance is that it’s not using XWayland. See here:
It’s at least what worked for me.
I took 5+ years off from Libre, returning last year. It’s come a long way and has fully replaced my need for Google Docs and MS Office. If you were turned off in the past, it might be worth revisiting.
