Bug 107722

Summary:	UNO command to toggle Hidden characters' visibility
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) <philipz85>
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	momonasmon, rb.henschel, sdc.blanco, s.zosgornik, vsfoote
Priority:	medium
Version:	5.4.0.0.alpha1+
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107658 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117631 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158168
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Bug Blocks:	86899, 102345

Description Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2017-05-09 12:02:03 UTC

An UNO command is needed for the 'Hidden Text' checkbox found in Tools > Options > Writer > Formatting Aids. Hopefully these code pointers are of use.

http://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/sw/source/uibase/config/usrpref.cxx#101

http://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/sw/inc/viewopt.hxx#SetShowHiddenChar

A similar UNO command is already available for the 'Fields: Hidden Paragraph' checkbox (.uno:ShowHiddenParagraphs).

http://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/sw/sdi/swriter.sdi#5370

The new UNO command will be added to the View menu in a grouped section with Formatting Marks (.uno:ControlCodes) below 'Track Changes'.

Comment 1 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2017-05-09 12:16:43 UTC

Similar to 'Fields: Hidden Paragraph' (.uno:ShowHiddenParagraphs), hidden text should be made independent from 'Formatting Marks' (.uno:ControlCodes) so it can be shown/hidden irrespective of the state of 'Formatting Marks'.

Comment 2 V Stuart Foote 2017-05-09 15:06:20 UTC

+1

Comment 3 Timur 2018-05-17 09:06:28 UTC

'Hidden Text' is mentioned in Bug 107658 and help says: 
"Displays text that uses the character format "hidden", when View - Formatting Marks is enabled."
Is this bug about 'Fields: Hidden Text'?

Comment 4 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-11-13 08:43:39 UTC

(In reply to Timur from comment #3)
> Is this bug about 'Fields: Hidden Text'?
No, this is about characters hidden with the font effect "Hidden" in the Character formatting dialog. Not the conditional fields.
Toggling is currently only possible with Tools > Options > Writer > Formatting Aids > Hidden characters (+ toggling Formatting Marks visibility).

Comment 5 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-11-13 08:57:46 UTC

*** Bug 143221 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***