Bug 169253 - Change tracking: add a notification when it's hidden (in Calc)
Summary: Change tracking: add a notification when it's hidden (in Calc)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Mike Kaganski
URL:
Whiteboard: target:26.2.0
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks: Track-Changes Privacy
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Reported: 2025-11-04 16:14 UTC by Mike Kaganski
Modified: 2025-11-08 18:59 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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A sample file (7.74 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet)
2025-11-04 17:00 UTC, Mike Kaganski
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Description Mike Kaganski 2025-11-04 16:14:02 UTC
Bug 125909 only fixed it for Writer.

Repeating myself from it:

Hidden tracking of changes might in some cases be a security issue, if one sends a document which contains tracked information not supposed to be available for recipient.

Possibly when opening a document with hidden change tracking, an infobar could be displayed, or a status bar icon (this still be mostly unnoticed imo), or some other way of informing user about the mode (and how to proceed)?

There are real-life problems with that, e.g. https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/306943 - and that's not the only one.

Calc in particular needs this fixed, too.
Comment 1 Mike Kaganski 2025-11-04 17:00:08 UTC
Created attachment 203731 [details]
A sample file

This file has change tracking enabled and hidden. A1 contained a text, that was deleted. It can be seen e.g. using "Manage" dialog.
Comment 2 m_a_riosv 2025-11-04 22:45:07 UTC
+1
Comment 3 Heiko Tietze 2025-11-07 09:42:41 UTC
No question that other modules with TC deserve the same treatment. And this infobar is a good solution, IMO.

Could be a nice easyhack.
Comment 4 Mike Kaganski 2025-11-07 10:03:14 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #3)
> Could be a nice easyhack.

Heh, I have a fix already, sorry :-)
Comment 5 Mike Kaganski 2025-11-08 11:48:56 UTC
https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/193624
Comment 6 Commit Notification 2025-11-08 18:59:21 UTC
Mike Kaganski committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/6727fd079a6cb1a7ca6b4521e57357e6ec496fe1

tdf#169253: show infobar when changes are tracked in Calc

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.