Bug 153188 - suggestion: AutoSave on lose focus; see additional more sophisticated suggestion in comments
Summary: suggestion: AutoSave on lose focus; see additional more sophisticated suggest...
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.3.7.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Reported: 2023-01-24 17:13 UTC by maximuszen
Modified: 2024-09-20 08:24 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description maximuszen 2023-01-24 17:13:27 UTC
Description:
SciTE4AutoHotKey has this feature. I thought it would be nice to have addition to the timed saves. It would be real nice if you had saves occur when there is a pause in typing/mouse movement/menu selection.

Actual Results:
automatic saves

Expected Results:
no loss of data


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
well it doesn't have to do anything
Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2023-01-24 21:46:17 UTC
Do you known the option for Menu/Tools/Options/Load/Save/General - Save AutoRecovery information every ...

https://help.libreoffice.org/7.6/en-US/text/shared/optionen/01010200.html?&DbPAR=WRITER&System=WIN
Comment 2 maximuszen 2023-01-25 16:44:18 UTC
Yes, I am familiar with these options.

Thank you for looking at my suggestion.

Its a small convenience for a peace of mind.

I am sure you have real bugs to address.
Comment 3 maximuszen 2023-01-25 16:58:15 UTC
Addendum:

There is an unrelated issue.

I always save my documents though I use a auto shutdown.

I often see that the Document Recovery is "executed" though no such measure is required.
Comment 4 m_a_riosv 2023-01-25 22:45:24 UTC
Maybe because LibreOffice it's not closed properly with files opened, and perhaps some change force recovery.
Comment 5 maximuszen 2023-01-27 15:23:37 UTC
Yes, I do save any changes to a file, but the LibreCalc is open. I do a taskkill to close the application because I a proper way to auto close the application.

The recover file option doesn't always pop up. It seems to occur when the file is changed and saved, not always but sometimes.

Thanks for the idea.
Comment 6 Buovjaga 2024-08-16 11:28:50 UTC
Let's ask the UX team, if they think adding this would have value. However, version 24.2 had big improvements to autorecovery/-saving:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/24.2#Core_/_General
"Fixed many AutoRecovery limitations and re-enabled AutoSave UI. Added "Place backup in same folder as document" option. tdf#65509 tdf#68565 tdf#57414 (Mike Kaganski / Justin Luth, Collabora)"
Comment 7 Heiko Tietze 2024-08-16 11:43:59 UTC
What is the actual issue that makes you suggest a solution (to save when the application looses the focus, ie. the user clicks on the desktop or switches to another application)?
Comment 8 Heiko Tietze 2024-09-20 08:24:42 UTC
Resolving the ticket for now. Feel free to reopen.