When saving as a .DOC format, a warning dialog asks for confirmation that you want to save to the non-default file format. Historically, that dialog very helpfully contained a checked box "Ask when not saving in ODF or default format". But starting with LO 25.8, this simple way of disabling a common (and rather useless/confusing) warning was lost. Now the user needs to know that the setting is buried under "Tools - Options - Load/Save - General". This started with 25.8 commit 7f4901ded76fa3f3dffaef2d8f68d5c4803d98a2 Author: Heiko Tietze on Fri Jan 24 15:29:10 2025 +0100 More appealing design for alientformat warn dialog Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/180713 There was no bug report tied to this change, and no comment indicating why an existing useful feature has suddenly been removed.
Created attachment 202671 [details] Screenshot 26.2 macOS You mean to (re)add a customizable checkbox? Don't remember why I removed it but adding it shouldn't be a problem since https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/184972
Created attachment 202672 [details] Screenshot 7.6 macOS
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/6afd17ac396f7d96800c70a37aaa8beb036c01a6 Resolves tdf#168259 - Add "Show Again" checkbox to SaveAs query It will be available in 26.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Why not use the same label as before for the checkbox? "Show again" is not very clear. End user will ask: Show again what? Best regards. JBF
Commented on Gerrit: "The checkbox label is somewhat plain and simple but on the other hand consistent with similar queries. Usability wise I'd add a hint how to re-enable. Requires to change STR_QUERY_ALIENFORMAT_TTITLE though."
Created attachment 202692 [details] Sample_LO_configuration_extension.oxt: extension now crashes when checkbox toggled (In reply to Commit Notification from comment #3) > Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback. While the patch itself technically resolves this bug report, it does not follow standard practice of checking if the setting is locked before trying to change it. (And usually the checkbox/label is grayed out if it controls a locked setting.) With this configuration extension, LO now crashes when the user unchecks the box (since IT has locked it to "true"). Prior to the identified commits, LO didn't crash with this extension (although even then the checkbox wasn't grayed out/disabled).
(In reply to Justin L from comment #6) > ...checking if the setting is locked before trying to change it. We submit changes only if the setting has changed. And I would just hide the checkbox if the setting is locked. But it sounds rather like some follow-up patch.
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/b4758df76343f82cdacf35bf526284a82f0bb23f Resolves tdf#168259 - Hide "Show Again" if readonly It will be available in 26.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
This was a regression report. What are your plans for backporting?
(In reply to Justin L from comment #9) > This was a regression report. What are your plans for backporting? If you think we should backport please just cherry-pick the patch. Haven't "planned" anything.
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-25-8": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/78373e24f4144df9c28e485e89dc86144752719c Resolves tdf#168259 - Add "Show Again" checkbox to SaveAs query It will be available in 25.8.3. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-25-8-2": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/054db9ff1e373add82805f13fc9793bf5f50e24d Resolves tdf#168259 - Add "Show Again" checkbox to SaveAs query It will be available in 25.8.2. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.