Bug 146452 - UNDO does restore changes on character level with track changes record enabled and word by word when disabled
Summary: UNDO does restore changes on character level with track changes record enable...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Track-Changes
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Reported: 2021-12-28 12:44 UTC by Telesto
Modified: 2025-01-15 11:05 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Example file (10.86 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2021-12-28 12:45 UTC, Telesto 		Details
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Description Telesto 2021-12-28 12:44:40 UTC 
Description:
UNDO does restore changes on character level with track changes record enabled and word by word when disabled

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the attached file
2. Place cursor at the end of the line and press and hold backspace until everything is gone
3. Press and hold CTRL+Z
4. File reload
5. Edit Track changes -> Disable record
6. Repeat step 2/3

Actual Results:
Track changes causes undo 

Expected Results:
1. Harmony
2. Undo word by word would have my preference


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.4.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 9c95415de877af1430ab5b7123e11dedd0ea622c
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL
Comment 1 Telesto 2021-12-28 12:45:13 UTC 
Created attachment 177175 [details]
Example file
Comment 2 Telesto 2021-12-28 12:48:30 UTC 
Also in
Version: 6.1.0.0.beta1+
Build ID: da49f4aeb8d5e9a7d2cba8855d911e7cc1d2f1e2
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3; UI render: default; 
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); Calc: CL

and in
Versie: 4.4.7.2 
Build ID: f3153a8b245191196a4b6b9abd1d0da16eead600
Locale: nl_NL

and in
Versie 4.0.0.3 (Bouw-id: 7545bee9c2a0782548772a21bc84a9dcc583b89)

and in
LibreOffice 3.3.0 
OOO330m19 (Build:6)
tag libreoffice-3.3.0.4
Comment 3 Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2021-12-29 07:05:26 UTC 
Complained effect is REPRODUCIBLE with  Installation of Version 7.2.4.1 (x64) / LibreOffice Build  27d75539669ac387bb498e35313b970b7fe9c4f9
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win; Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: de-DE; Calc: threaded;  Elementary Theme; My normal User Profile.

But I wonder whether "restore character by character" in "record changes" mode isn't a bug, but a necessary feature?
Comment 4 Telesto 2021-12-29 08:54:10 UTC 
@László
(In reply to Rainer Bielefeld Retired from comment #3)
> But I wonder whether "restore character by character" in "record changes"
> mode isn't a bug, but a necessary feature?

No clue, lets ask someone who probably knows
Comment 5 Dieter 2023-02-07 06:11:09 UTC 
Telesto, sounds to me like a bug (but I'm also not an expert). But is it still present in latest vrsion LO 7.5?
=> NEEDINFO
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2023-08-07 03:19:18 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2023-09-07 03:16:04 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 Telesto 2023-09-07 07:45:23 UTC 
Still present
Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: e60ef8651cfb30335471d1622e58c13eebc7d58b
CPU threads: 8; OS: Mac OS X 13.4.1; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2023-09-08 03:06:13 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 10 Dennis Roczek 2025-01-15 11:05:07 UTC 
Still repro with

Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 7292bc192ce511655fbfe361bc228bef6e9196a2
CPU threads: 4; OS: macOS 15.2; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: osx
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded