LibreOffice Conference 2026

The past, the present, and the future - Edition 2026
2026-09-11 , Track Room 2

We will present changes in 2026 that benefit user experience, improve the design, and make LibreOffice shine. The talk addresses ordinary users as well as people who are interested to volunteer with easy hacks.


  • Option to prevent dragging of selected text (Writer)
  • Transparency for comments (Calc)
  • Vertical tabs in dialogs
  • Module-specific theme colors at the Tabbed UI
  • Better identification of page break marker lines (Writer)
  • Infobar when auto correction happens (Writer)
  • Better feedback for font substitution (Writer)
  • Improved configuration of toolbars

Working on UX/UI topics at LibreOffice for over ten years now.