Bug 115660 - Ability to fix a user's vertical cursor position in view in online Writer
Summary: Ability to fix a user's vertical cursor position in view in online Writer
Status: NEW
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Product: LibreOffice Online
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2018-02-12 18:28 UTC by Aron Budea
Modified: 2018-02-20 06:59 UTC (History)
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Description Aron Budea 2018-02-12 18:28:45 UTC
When multiple users are editing the same document, edits by other users working on earlier parts of the documents can shift the cursor position in the view, which can make following your own edits difficult.

A possible solution could be to add a view option (similar to the current 'Always follow the editor' one) that fixes your current vertical cursor position on the screen when it would be moved by other users' changes. Then as long as others aren't editing the same paragraph, your cursor position will only be influenced by your own edits (and those move the cursor normally in every direction).

A few special cases:
- Everything is deleted before your cursor, so it's forced to moved back to top. This is rare, and is fine.
- Someone else is editing the same paragraph as you. This is also rare, and can't be helped.
- There could be rare, disruptive changes.