[Suggestion] Adding more buttons to the toolbar

[malysps]

Hello. I think that adding more buttons to the toolbar by default is a good idea. Now the Atril window looks very plain and every feature is hidden in the menus. That gives an impression of a featureless application in my opinion.

On Ubuntu MATE 18.10 it looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/UfvwHq9.png

Expected behaviour

Atril window with some additional buttons / functions on the panel looks better (more feature-rich and professional) and it's more user-friendly: https://ibb.co/j2iDge

Actual behaviour

Empty toolbar, no "easy&quick" access to the functions https://ibb.co/muNTEz

Linux Distribution

Ubuntu MATE and Xubuntu

[raveit65]

Which buttons you want to add?

[raveit65]

@flexiondotorg Who did that changes for Xubuntu? And How.....

[malysps]

@raveit65 That's open to debate, but I personally use a very similar layout to that under "Expected behaviour" screenshot, and those are my changes. By default it looks on Xubuntu exactly like on MATE (so almost empty toolbar).

I think "Find" button is most important.

EDIT: I think there's a misunderstanding here - no one did any changes to Atril on Xubuntu, it looks like on the "Actual behaviour" screen by default.

[raveit65]

a...ha, thanks for making it clear, i thought someone did a override for Xubuntu. i am fine with adding find-, fullsreen- and zoom-buttons. @mate-desktop/core-team thoughts?

[raveit65]

It is simple to edit https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/blob/master/data/atril-toolbar.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<toolbars version="1.0">
<available>
    <toolitem name="FileOpenRecent"/>
    <toolitem name="FilePrint"/>
    <toolitem name="FileSaveAs"/>
    <toolitem name="FileSendTo"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewContinuous"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewDual"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewInvertedColors"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewReload"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewAutoscroll"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewSidebar"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewZoom"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewZoomIn"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewZoomOut"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewZoomReset"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewFitPage"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewFitWidth"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewFullscreen"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewPresentation"/>
    <toolitem name="GoPreviousPage"/>
    <toolitem name="GoNextPage"/>
    <toolitem name="GoFirstPage"/>
    <toolitem name="GoLastPage"/>
    <toolitem name="EditRotateLeft"/>
    <toolitem name="EditRotateRight"/>
    <toolitem name="EditSelectAll"/>
    <toolitem name="EditFind"/>
    <toolitem name="PageSelector"/>
    <toolitem name="Navigation"/>
</available>
 <toolbar name="DefaultToolBar">
    <toolitem name="GoPreviousPage"/>
    <toolitem name="GoNextPage"/>
    <separator/>
    <toolitem name="PageSelector"/>
    <separator/>
    <toolitem name="ViewZoom"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewZoomIn"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewZoomOut"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewZoomReset"/>
    <toolitem name="ViewFullscreen"/>
    <separator/>
    <toolitem name="EditFind"/>
    <separator/>
 </toolbar>
</toolbars>

Than it look like this But keep in mint that you have to open an document to see the buttons.

[mbkma]

any news on this? I think Atril in @malysps screenshot is definitely quite more accessible. Especially the "+/-" buttons and the "show toolbar" button is something I would use a lot.

[lukefromdc]

Note that if you click on empty space in the toolbar you get the "toolbar" menu item showing. Clicking it brings up a dialog from which you can drag any of a wide variety of from the dialog window to the toolbar, or any button in the toolbar can be removed by dragging it back to the dialog