Description: Among the other issues with showing deletions in margins, deletions don't display in the margins from tables and frames. Frames have additional quirks. Steps to Reproduce: Tables: 1.Create a table with more than one column. 2.Add text to the second column. 3.Turn on tracked changes and delete the text. Frames: 1. Create a frame. 2. Add text to it. 3. Turn on tracked changes and delete the text. Actual Results: Tables: the deletion shows to the immediate left of the cell, in the other table cell. Frame: the deletion does not appear at all unless there is other text or an overlapping frame/object where the deletion was. When it does appear it is to the immediate left of the frame. Expected Results: Deletions should appear in the page margin. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: That is all.
Created attachment 197925 [details] test document Test document showing buggy behaviour.
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I was not able to reproduce the bug. It showed normal behavior for me. Version: 24.8.2.1 (AARCH64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 0f794b6e29741098670a3b95d60478a65d05ef13 CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 14.5; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Could not reproduce. Performing steps as described in bug report resulted in expected behavior. Version: 24.8.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 48a6bac9e7e268aeb4c3483fcf825c94556d9f92 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 19045); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Weird. I am also using 24.8.3.2 on Windows 10. Do you guys have deletions in margins turned on, or deletions inline?
My mistake, when showing deletions in margins, you are correct. In my case the text does not appear in the margin at all. Not sure how table deletions should be expected to behave when showing in margin. Was there a version of Writer that behaved as you expected?
I think deletions in margins is a relatively new feature, at least it is new for me, so no, I have never seen it work correctly. Whether it is a new feature or not it has clearly never been implemented correctly/fully. It has several usability issues and needs attention because deletions in margins should be the default behaviour. With inline deletions you mess up the text flow in the document so you aren't really seeing what the final result looks like.
[Automated Action] NeedInfo-To-Unconfirmed
I agree that it doesn't appear to be working as one would expect it to work. Track changes in margin does not support formatting or document layout changes, but one could imagine the text editing still be properly visible within the margins. Updating ticket status to NEW.