[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 129331] cannot hide a section by using "select All" - "Insert > Section" - Hide

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129331

sdc.blanco at youmail.dk changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|cannot hide a section by    |cannot hide a section by
                   |selecting text and using    |using "select All"  -
                   |"Insert > Section" if the   |"Insert > Section"  - Hide
                   |text has no CR before and   |
                   |after the selection         |

--- Comment #6 from sdc.blanco at youmail.dk ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #5)
> Or do you want to add something before/after the void ;-)

Sounds promising. (-:  Have tried to give a more simple summary now.

> Ideally we disable the function but alternatively a feedback would be nice.
> Confirmation box or an infobar are okay.

The matter is more complicated than appreciated originally. 

(but first a motivating use context: Started writing a new document, decided to
put the text into a section to be hidden -- encountered the problem).

How to hide a section in an empty document.

1.  New document
2.  Insert>section
3.  Enter text in section
4.  right-click, Edit Section, check Hide, Ok
5.  Section is hidden. No problem. Empty document, etc.
    (also contradicts help page cited in comment #3

And for those who do not plan ahead:

1. New document
2. Enter text
3. Select all
4. Insert>Section, check Hide, Ok.
5. Section is NOT hidden. (checked Hide does not "stick")

(easy enough to "workaround" -- maybe not likely for many to encounter -- but
the arbitrary difference seems strange.)  

Maybe an unnecessary restriction from an earlier version of LO?  (given the
help page, or maybe the help page comment arose because users were encountering
this problem?)  Seems to raise a question about the accuracy of the help page.

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