Bug 131415 - not possible to make "hidden" html characters visible using Tools-Options-Writer/Web-Formatting Aids
Summary: not possible to make "hidden" html characters visible using Tools-Options-Wri...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer Web (show other bugs)
Version:
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6.3.6.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Blocks: Writer-UX
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Reported: 2020-03-19 10:19 UTC by sdc.blanco
Modified: 2022-12-14 16:09 UTC (History)
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Description sdc.blanco 2020-03-19 10:19:03 UTC 
1. select some text in HTML document
2  Format - Character - Font Effects tab - Effects - Hidden

Result:  
a. selected characters are no longer visible (expected)
b. View->HTML source (selected characters marked in a span and display: none) (expected)
c. No way to make the hidden characters visible in document (unexpected).

There should be a "Hidden characters" option under "Display Formatting" in Tools-Options-Writer/Web-Formatting Aids, which shows the hidden characters (similar to this option for Writer - Formatting Aids).
Comment 1 Buovjaga 2020-06-19 12:11:58 UTC 
It is true -> NEW
Comment 2 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2022-08-31 17:05:54 UTC 
Testing in:

Version: 6.3.6.2
Build ID: 2196df99b074d8a661f4036fca8fa0cbfa33a497
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

There is no "Hidden characters" option in "Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer/Web > Formatting Aids". However, ticking the "Hidden characters" option in "LibreOffice Writer > Formatting Aids" makes the hidden characters visible in both the Normal view and the Web view (if "View > Formatting Marks" is on).

Same in:

Version: 7.5.0.0.alpha0+ / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 24087697d5cf78aac346d4dcea0596373e15a95c
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

So, it _is_ possible to show the hidden characters, but one could argue that the option needs to be available in the "LibreOffice Writer/Web > Formatting Aids" section as well (although it seems that currently, those formatting aids settings are completely ignored and the settings from LibreOffice Writer > Formatting Aids" are used instead).
Comment 3 Dibya Gogoi 2022-12-14 16:09:30 UTC Comment hidden (spam)