Bug 140157

Summary:	UI Display tracked changes in the Annotations bar
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	NISZ LibreOffice Team <libreoffice>
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	heiko.tietze, nemeth, xiscofauli
Priority:	medium
Version:	Inherited From OOo
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34355
Whiteboard:
Crash report or crash signature:		Regression By:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	83946
Attachments:	Example file from Word with addition, deletion, formatting Screenshot of the original document in Word Screenshot of the document in Writer Annotations bar in Writer where the deletion would have enough space to be readable

Description NISZ LibreOffice Team 2021-02-04 15:58:57 UTC

Created attachment 169471 [details]
Example file from Word with addition, deletion, formatting

This is a followup to bug #34355 and the ChangesInMargin patches since.
Now that the feature works and it’s able to show additions and deletions on the margin, it’s time to make it actually usable.
In other words, we should display the deletions and formatting changes in the Annotations bar on the right side of pages.

Steps to reproduce:
    1. Open attached document

Actual results:
No option to display tracked deletions and formatting changes among the comments.

Expected results:
Menu / toolbar option to display tracked deletions and formatting changes among the comments.

LibreOffice details:
Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 318d384c596c1593667d6c936f55bf6ebd0c5db6
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (hu_HU); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL

Comment 1 NISZ LibreOffice Team 2021-02-04 16:00:11 UTC

Created attachment 169472 [details]
Screenshot of the original document in Word

Comment 2 NISZ LibreOffice Team 2021-02-04 16:00:30 UTC

Created attachment 169473 [details]
Screenshot of the document in Writer

Comment 3 NISZ LibreOffice Team 2021-02-04 16:00:48 UTC

Created attachment 169474 [details]
Annotations bar in Writer where the deletion would have enough space to be readable

Comment 4 Heiko Tietze 2021-02-22 10:03:01 UTC

My statement on bug 34355 comment 177:

The patch adds a -<text> to the margin for the first deletion. It abbreviates with ellipsis in case a long portion was deleted (-<long te...>). Further deletions in this line are not added to the margin. I think so far it makes sense and is clear to users (and looks pretty nice, by the way). Replacements like when you change "And" to "Or" are annotated as deletion, which is okay.
What is missing from my point of view is the same if something is added. I expect something like +<text>.
Annotation for formattings is probably not need but could otherwise be a symbol.

(In reply to NISZ LibreOffice Team from comment #0)
> In other words, we should display the deletions and formatting changes in
> the Annotations bar on the right side of pages.

Wouldn't use the right margin for other types of changes but show differently on the left side as well.

Comment 5 Xisco Faulí 2022-05-03 12:11:23 UTC

Dear László Németh,
This bug has been in ASSIGNED status for more than 3 months without any
activity. Resetting it to NEW.
Please assign it back to yourself if you're still working on this.