Could you add an checkbox into the settings dialog window in order to possibly skip the saving of thumbnails into the ODF files ?
One for ze UX Team. Status -> NEW
UX suggestion: Add a checkbox to the General tab of the Document Properties dialog (File > Properties…), labeled as follows: [X] Save preview picture with this document The checkbox should be placed at the bottom of the tab page (just below “Apply user data”, and should be checked by default.
What is the use-case here? Saving of space, something else?
Privacy concerns.
Could you elaborate? Given that being able to read the file has the same permission as reading the thumb nail?
In case the user doesn't use at all the preview : - the file size is smaller (up to 30% depending on the content) - LO is saving the file slightly faster - it slightly descreases the energy consumption (extends a notebook battery operation, decreases the energy footprint on Earth, ...)
Personally, I don't think the feature is sufficiently useful to warrant adding something to the UI, but hey, it's open-source, if someone wants to work on it... :-) It might also be worth switching our thumbnail image format to something like index-color PNG, which is likely to be smaller.
In the team I am working in, we never use the thumbnail feature. However we have issues with storage, backup and email size limit. A few persons have issues with battery lifetime on their laptop but we all have to decrease the cost of our electricity bill.
Leaving code pointers here: The ui file for Glade: sfx2/uiconfig/ui/documentinfopage.ui The corresponding source file: sfx2/source/dialog/dinfdlg.cx Just check how similar source files are handled.
(In reply to Jérôme from comment #6) > In case the user doesn't use at all the preview : > - the file size is smaller (up to 30% depending on the content) > - LO is saving the file slightly faster > - it slightly descreases the energy consumption (extends a notebook battery > operation, decreases the energy footprint on Earth, ...) Just to add some points here. The file size might be a bit smaller but it is only measurable when the file itself is small so it should not matter. The other two are totally invalid as you will not be able to measure the effect of them. Actually adding that option now might cause that saving takes slightly longer and the energy consumption increases. @Noel: Please leave code pointers when you mark a bug an Easy Hack as it otherwise is not easy for the developer to fix it.
(In reply to Markus Mohrhard from comment #10) > Actually adding that option now might cause that saving > takes slightly longer and the energy consumption increases. Writing one additional XML attribute will not use more cpu than writing a whole png file.
I'm working on this bug: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/19596/
Hello, is there anything else that I need to do about this bug? I'm waiting for code-review on gerrit: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/19596/
bureken committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=d7ca71d4b1ac085c575fdc24f37940100ab38961 tdf#87995 - settings : missing a checkbox in order to avoid thumbnail saving It will be available in 5.1.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Great.. but currently this is not a document property as it is not written to the document. So the next time one will open the document this property will reset and at save the thumbnail will again be generated and stored into the document.
Oh, good point.
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With 5.2 version I noticed this behaviour : 1. uncheck "Save preview picture with this document" 2. save the document (without the preview picture) 3. close and next open the document again 4. save the document 5. the preview picture was saved into the document How do I ensure the preview picture isn't saved anymore once I choosed it shouldn't be saved with a specific document ?
This will be my first contribution to LibreOffice.
A polite ping, still working on this bug?
https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/52768/
Thumbnail and checkbox still active after deactivation, saving and reopening of file.
(In reply to Thomas Lendo from comment #24) > Thumbnail and checkbox still active after deactivation, saving and reopening > of file. Sorry, I've tested it with an odt file, because it has shown the same effect und assumed, I correct this issue at a general place if I fix it for an odt file.
I think, the task is complete, but I'm not sure with database files, as I've not found the "Properties" menu item under "File". In settings.xml the new property is saved, but where is the according dialog?
Ilhan Yesil committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=2ded7acd61cf01a7c50d770b17605252738ed684 tdf#87995 Missing setting for save thumbnail in settings.xml. It will be available in 6.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
The bugfix isn't released in the 6.1.0.3 version (snap GNU/Linux x86_64). Then "resolved" means "pushed to master branch". I hope this bug fix will be released into the first 6.2 version.