[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 138092] New: We need a "Protect Comments" feature under Tools -> Protect Document as well, to prevent unknown deletion of comments.

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138092

            Bug ID: 138092
           Summary: We need a "Protect Comments" feature under Tools ->
                    Protect Document as well, to prevent unknown deletion
                    of comments.
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 7.0.3.1 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: thuck777 at yahoo.com

Description:
Tools -> Protect Document has two options presently: Protect Fields and Protect
Bookmarks.  We need one more: "Protect Comments".  Currently, if View ->
Comments is off, there is no indicator of any kind that one or more comments
exist, and deleting text adjacent to those comments may result in deletion of
the invisible comments as well, with no warning or notice of any kind.  That's
haphazard and bad!

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add a comment to a document.
2. Use View -> Comments to hide the comment.
3. Delete the text where the comment, which cannot be seen, was placed—and the
comment itself will be deleted without warning and perhaps with the author not
even realizing that had occurred until it is too late, and may not be
recovered.

Actual Results:
Comments which are not visible are deleted with no warning and without a user
even realizing he or she has done so.

Expected Results:
First, there should be a confirmation dialog warning a user that he or she is
about to delete one or more comments, and asking for confirmation to proceed if
that is the desired outcome.  Second, it should be possible to protect comments
against inadvertent deletion.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
This issue applies to all versions of LibreOffice Writer, through the 7.1
Alpha.

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