https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156907
Bug ID: 156907
Summary: Writer on Mac confuses users when opening a document
from a readonly location.
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.6.0.3 release
Hardware: All
OS: macOS (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
And it even tryes to convince them they can't edit such a document at all:
In contrast to Writer on Windows
(where documents straight open in readonly mode, and switching to edit-mode is
done by one click),
on macOS, the user is first presented with a complicated Dialogue informing you
about missing write access to the document's folder and about your options to
proceed.
If you proceed, the document opens readonly, as one would expect in the first
place.
When trying to switch to edit mode, (by clicking the EDIT Button in the blue
info bar), it opens the same Dialogue again.
This suggests you can NOT switch to edit mode. But if you proceed by choosing
one of the options to open in readonly, you will end up in EDIT mode...
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open an attachment from the inbox of Apple Mail
2. A dialogue with lots of text opens, informing you about missing write access
to the document's folder and about your options to proceed.
3. Choose NOTIFY or OPEN READONLY in the dialogue (see attached img)
4. Try to switch to edit-mode by clicking the EDIT button in the blue
notification bar
5. Select OPEN READONLY
6. You end up in edit-mode
Actual Results:
The User might give up at step 4,
because the dialogue tells him that through it, there's no way to edit-mode.
Expected Results:
I expect the same behaviour as seen on Windows:
Writer directly opens the document in readonly mode (with blue info Bar at the
top), without that overly complicated dialogue in between.
Then, switching to EDIT-Mode, you can edit the document immediately.
Once
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Sadly, i came across this when a friend told me "hey, i think i need MS Office,
because this LibreOffice you recommended won't let me edit documents i receive
by mail...
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