https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169999
Bug ID: 169999
Summary: Hidden fields and footnotes - footnote anchor hidden,
but not footnote text
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 25.8.3.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
I have a couple of documents where I make quite heavy use of hidden sections.
After some LibreOffice update in the last 6 months (I’m not able to identify
the exact one) there has been some change to how these fields behave. The issue
I am having is that footnote text continues to appear even though the footnote
anchor is found within a section that is hidden.
The way I have them set up is that all text I want to be able to hide is
encapsulated in sections with the checkbox “Hide” checked, and “With Condition”
set to “Hide==1”. I also have an invisible “Set variable” field as the first
character of my document that sets the Hide variable to 1 when I want the text
in the fields to be hidden (or 0 when I want it to be visible).
Here are two example documents demonstrating this behavior:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/51mhu4vbu69bduipaq2oa/TEST_HideOff.odt?rlkey=cidglbz9m4159wtq2d4laes2q&st=5ifyg2vj&dl=1
(With Hide==0, showing all text)
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mqmil8625lvge91ktni80/TEST_HideOn.odt?rlkey=nsurkxygz6u407d2380ymmc7z&st=t13u8m0m&dl=1
(With Hide==1, correctly hiding the body text, including footnote anchor, but
not the footnote text 1)
Earlier, at least in the early spring, footnote text would hide if the footnote
anchor was hidden.
MY LibreOffice version info:
Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 8ca8d55c161d602844f5428fa4b58097424e324e
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Raster;
VCL: win
Locale: nb-NO (nb_NO); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
(I see the same behaviour on LibreOffice for Linux/Ubuntu).
Other users have reported similar issues, see this thread on
ask.libreoffice.org:
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/hidden-fields-and-footnotes-footnote-anchor-hidden-but-not-footnote-text/129490
Notably, one user reports that footnote text hides correctly in this version:
Version: 24.2.4.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 51a6219feb6075d9a4c46691dcfe0cd9c4fff3c2
Thus, the regression must have happened between those versions.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add a paragraph of text with foonotes.
2. Set the paragraph to hidden.
Actual Results:
The paragraph text (including footnote anchors) are hidden, but the footnote
text at the bottom of the page remains.
Expected Results:
The footnote text at the bottom of the page should be hidden together with
their respective footnote anchors.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
The issue was first reported/discussed in this thread:
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/hidden-fields-and-footnotes-footnote-anchor-hidden-but-not-footnote-text/129490
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