Collabora Online 23.05 Release Notes

Please find all information on updates, features, and fixes of the Collabora Online 23.05 branch on this page. Details about security updates are available here. For the best experience, we recommend that you use the latest version of Collabora Online from our most current development branch. Please follow these instructions for a seamless upgrade to Collabora Online 23.05. (Link currently leading to the 21.11 update instructions)

Collabora Online 23.05.18

Released on 16 December 2024

Bug Fixes

Fixed: Some single characters in formulas are displayed as error (U+00BF ¿ INVERTED QUESTION MARK) tdf#162070
Fixed: Certain roundtripped XLS and XLSX spreadsheets not opening in Excel due to regression tdf#163842
Fixed: Saving a particular document with too many styles to DOCX crashes tdf#162370
Fixed: a coolwsd crash (lock getWakeupsArray for reading)

Collabora Online 23.05.17

Released on 19 September 2024

Bug Fixes

Fixed: The comment box cuts off when zooming in cool #9866
Fixed: Writer: Adding comment image anchored to paragraph should not be possible cool #9803
Fixed: Light / Dark Mode Styling Issues
Fixed: PPTX Formulas wrong rendering issues tdf #129061

Collabora Online 23.05.16

Released on 15 August 2024

Bug Fixes

Fixed: PDF corruption after adding a comment to a PDF containing screenshots. tdf#162161
Fixed: Segmentation fault when using automated user debug tools cool#9352
Fixed CVE-2024-6472: Ability to trust not validated macro signatures removed in high security mode (although the risk was low, because macro support is off by default in Collabora Online, and has to be configured manually on in coolwsd.xml)

Collabora Online 23.05.15

Released on 27 July 2024

Bug Fixes

Fixed: Missing header and footer tdf #160139
Fixed: Copy hyperlink does not work in Calc when cell is selected

Collabora Online 23.05.14

Released on 28 June 2024

Bug Fixes

Fixed: CVE-2024-37311 Remote host TLS certificates are not fully verified
- You can disable certificate verification in config: ssl.ssl_verification=false
Fixed: Writer: Difficult to select the line
Fixed: Writer: Comments disappear when another user hides and shows tracked changes cool #9235
Fixed: Non Admin users see Error message “ Your Collabora Online server needs updating” cool #9302
Fixed: Context Menu UI cool #9228
Fixed: Cannot paste between two servers cool #9219
Fixed: Comment – Save as reorders the Replies to the comment cool #9256
Fixed: Android: Additional comments are not saved
Fixed: Android: Respond to a comment leads to an overlap with a button cool #9255
Fixed: The text is not displayed when scrolling in some buttons and options
Fixed: Impress: Odp with duplicate style names doesn’t display the same tdf #161430
Fixed: Page down doesn’t work right away after opening certain document
Fixed: Tables that lose formatting
Fixed: Insert comment not working after document load.

Collabora Online 23.05.13

Released on 7 June 2024

Bug Fixes

Fixed: Writer: Collabora doc wrong format, 3 pages instead of 1 (tdf#161318)
Fixed: Writer: Size of manage Track Changes dialog is not user-friendly
Fixed: Calc: Zoom in/Out causes View jump
Fixed: Impress: Opening an existing, older presentation, formatting of objects gets blue/messed up

Collabora Online 23.05.12

Released on 31 May 2024

Security Fix

Fixes CVE-2024-5261

Bug Fixes

Fixed: With certain integrations, button text is invisible when hovered over
Fixed: Certain document crashes Collabora Online when opening
Fixed: Dark theme persist on toggling
Fixed: Writer: Further issues with resizing rows in tables
Fixed: Writer: Resizing tables doesn’t work
Fixed: Calc: Emojis are shown black&white in cells, when not in edit mode (cool#7015)
Fixed: Calc: Function names in non-English UI are untranslated in some cases
Fixed: Calc: Adding comment in read-only view on phones doesn’t work, and comment list is empty
Fixed: Calc: Text with automatic color printed from dark mode is not visible

Collabora Online 23.05.11

Released on 03 May 2024

Bug Fixes

Fixed: Writer: When filling fields, now one can navigate between them using the Tab key
Fixed: Writer: Improved layout of comments
Fixed: Writer: Zotero dialogs are empty
Fixed: Writer: Cannot reply to last comment in long compact comment popup
Fixed: Impress: Present in window: Next/Previous slide keys scroll window in HiDPI mode
Fixed: Calc: Formula in cells does not get updated when the value in referenced cell is updated
Fixed: Calc: Sheet list scrolls to selected sheet
Fixed: Calc: Date format in XLSX can get corrupted during collaborative editing with users having different locales
Fixed: Calc: Comments can end up added to new sheet after deleting a sheet with comments, and inserting a new sheet
Fixed: Calc: Paste fails for 2 rows which are not next to each other
Fixed: Calc: Dark overlays in Light mode during collaborative editing
Fixed: Document Properties – Certain fields like file size and time of creation remain uninitialized
Fixed: Mobile: Pinch Zoom and panning improvements
Fixed: Mobile: Various issues with paragraph formatting options in phone view
Fixed: Rotation Angle tooltip in Image properties dialog gets “stuck” (cool#8045)
Fixed: Dark theme persist on toggling
Fixed: The comment Avatar becomes invisible after switching to Dark mode
Fixed: Choosing disable macros in macro security dialog closes file instead of opening it with macros disabled (cool#6461)

Collabora Online 23.05.10

Released on 28 March 2024

Bug Fixes

Fixed: Writer: Cannot set relative width in table properties dialog
Fixed: Writer: comment messes up entire window cool#8435
Fixed: Calc: Strange behavior after adding sheet while in chart wizard. cool#8443
Fixed: Calc: Conditional formatting handling bug in Calc 24.2 with different but overlapping ranges. tdf#160117
Fixed: Calc: Document Colours do not show any colour in the Palette
Fixed: Calc: The cursor is in wrong cell, display corruption
Fixed: Calc: Bogus cell view cursor overlay cool#8613
Fixed: Calc: Copying from a document, closing it, reopening it and then pasting does nothing cool#8572
Fixed: Calc: Heading 1 and Heading 2 font colour does not change in dark mode. cool#8553
Fixed: Impress: Presentation Layout/Master sidebars icons wrong status cool#8278
Fixed: Impress: undo doesn’t revert content of a comment
Fixed: Impress: Exported pptx cannot be opened in PowerPoint because a referenced part does not exist tdf#159931
Fixed: Impress: Exported pptx cannot be opened in PowerPoint because a referenced part does not exist tdf#160213
Fixed: Impress: Multi-level bullet points keep skipping during slideshow
Fixed: Mouse cursor issues
Fixed: Improve visibility of paragraph formatting options in phone view cool#8492
Fixed: Comments can overlap with browser zoom / display scaling cool#8531
Fixed: Setting English (British English) language in NC doesn’t give metric units
Fixed: data loss when shutting down while using typer cool#8558
Fixed: Review-Resolved Comments button in Tabbed should show as pressed when they are shown (like the buttons Record and Show do). cool#8526

Collabora Online 23.05.9.4

Released on 11 March 2024

Bug Fixes

UI: Calc: Added freeze-panes options to column/row headers.
UI: Improved Paste special dialog (cool#8342)
Fixed: Writer: Issues related to floating tables (tdf#159285, tdf#158986, tdf#159938)
Fixed: Calc: Print range not used and cleared on print
Fixed: Calc: Currency dropdown: Default value is confusing
Fixed: Calc: sidebar: Styles dialog button should be hidden (cool#8135)
Fixed: Calc: Moving through cells with overflowing content changes the cells’ height and wrapping (tdf#159938)
Fixed: Calc: Error message when double-clicking in shape after typing
Fixed: Impress: Applied date/time language not detected in insert header/footer dialog (tdf#159927)
Fixed: Impress: Dragging slides sometimes results in wrong slide order (cool#6941)
Fixed: When alias groups were defined with port, the automatic lok_allow setting was incorrect. Then it was not possible to insert images from Nextcloud. The fix removes the port for the lok_allow setting, as it only requires domain name or IP address.
Fixed: If the document reloads while the user is on an input field (for example font size dropdown), do not take the focus away to the document.
Fixed: Keyboard shortcut for downloading clipboard content does nothing
Fixed: Resolved comments can get stuck in top left corner
Fixed: Resolved comments are not hidden completely
Fixed: Comments look broken when editing a document (cool#8407)
Fixed: Comment: inconsistent width of comment annotation cards, i.e. a comment with a very short text – not filling a line – would result in a n abnormally narrow annotation card.
Performance Optimization: use tools::JsonWriter for theme colors (cool#8327)

Collabora Online 23.05.9.3

Released on 7 March 2024

Bug Fixes

Fixed: Writer: Clicking on reviewed change shows a wrong tooltip
Fixed: Writer: File (docx) fails to open in Collabora Online
Fixed: Writer: Comment feature causes performance issue
Fixed: Writer: Insert comment with tracked changes sometimes inserts empty comment
Fixed: Calc: Cannot move the sheets
Fixed: Calc: View jump cases
Fixed: Calc: Tiles not invalidated after a tab move
Fixed: Popup stays on idle screen when document is disconnected
Fixed: Repair does not work with non-English UI
Fixed: Tooltip gets messed with the Help modal

Collabora Online 23.05.9.2

Released on 27 February 2024

New Features

Cell protection in Calc

Added a contextual tooltip for functions in Calc: information on function parameters appear

Help dialog with search box and better HTML structure. User can open the help and start to type right away to quickly filter the content. Screencast bellow:

Collabora Online 23.05 now with searchable help dialog

Help dialog and Keyboard shortcuts dialog: content changes to cards when typing – content is filtered at every keystroke making it easier to find and discover information while minimizing scrolling.

New search box in the Keyboard shortcuts dialog

Bug Fixes

Fixed: Writer: Using track-changes resulted in corrupted .docx files.
Fixed: Writer: Zotero Integration – Addressed an incomplete table with bibliography and entries displaying all empty fields.
Fixed: Writer: Status Bar – Rectified the display of a false page number while editing a 20-page document with multiple users.
Fixed: Calc: Formular bar startformula button (=, equal) not visible in dark mode
Fixed: Calc: First-start tab is not visible in calc
Fixed: Calc: When selecting columns by dragging mouse deselects the first column
Fixed: Calc: Sheet gets disoriented with Auto-filter condition change
Fixed: Calc: Text jumping within a shape.
Fixed: Calc: View jumping when hovering over comments in Calc.
Fixed: Calc: When moving from one sheet to another the cell number stays the one that was on the first sheet in calc
Fixed: Impress: No slide thumbnails showing when loading a set of ODP slides
Fixed: Firefox: Corrected the copy-paste issue specifically occurring on Firefox.
Fixed: Other view’s actions are visible in an idle view
Fixed: Load balancers which could lead to not working copy/paste functionality.
Fixed: Misplaced cursor and text boxes contents with Zoom

Improvements

Improved performance in .xlsx files

Collabora Online 23.05.8

Released on 2 February 2024

Bug Fixes

Fixed: Cannot hide sidebar after showing it. The sidebar stays visible once it’s shown and no way to hide it.
Fixed: Calc: avoid view jump when using formula wizard
Fixed: Calc: Conditional formatting dialogue title is too large
Fixed: Issue with Sheet Tab Context Menu and Tab Switching in Calc. We have addressed this issue by modifying the functionality. Now, when the context menu is triggered for a sheet tab, there is no automatic switch to another tab. This improvement ensures that users can access the context menu of a specific sheet tab without unintentionally navigating to a different tab.
Fixed: Writer: Dark mode gives Light mode tiles when user clicks on Formating mark
Fixed: Calc: Row height doesn’t work correctly.
Fixed: Calc: Cell when edited covers cells beneath, also for other users
Fixed: Calc: Long texts seem broken when a user tries to make a selection
Fixed: Text cursor position doesn’t match text position in the RTL case

Improvements

Updated translations

Collabora Online 23.05.7

Released on 18 January 2024

New Features

Impress: Present in a window
- It allows Present in a new window (as opposed to fullscreen presentation). It comes handy when the user is in a video conference and has to show slides. Full screen presentation is inconvenient in this use case. New button located in the “View” tab called “Present in Window”

Edit Section in Writer
- In text document there can be sections, for example a possible use case to write-protect some parts of the documents. Now there is Edit Section… option in section’s local menu:

Possibility to follow hyperlinks in read-only documents. Previously links in read-only documents were not clickable. Now they are.
Tracked changes in a tooltip over changed text in Writer

New Color picker (available via Character Highlighting Color and Font Color)
- Better consistency across apps. Now Collabora Online and Collabora Office share the same “Standard” color palette option in Calc and Impress
- The introduction of Document Colours functionality allows users to quickly pick any color in use in the current document

Bug fixes

Fixed: Writer: Triple-clicking on first word selects another sentence
Fixed: Writer: insert comment is placed under the status bar
Fixed: Writer: collapsed comments do not update reply count in multi user
Fixed: Writer: Drag selection does not work
Fixed: Impress, mobile: Text cut/paste doesn’t work on presentation
Fixed: validity List shows only one item
Fixed: Cannot edit documents (iOS/Safari 13)
Fixed: Document opened,, then changed shows different for second user
Fixed: Font and Style dropdown types dark in Dark mode
Fixed: Can’t insert image from Nextcloud
Fixed: Many radio button and spinfields have bad spacing
Fixed: Tabbed View: Some icons are not visible on Dark Mode
Fixed: Microsoft office files getting reformatted
Fixed: Annotation: revamp comment autosaving
Fixed: Annotations: calc comment loses focus just after popup is opened
Fixed: Lingering comments on sheet/slide change after autosave
Fixed: Collapsed comment reply count not shown at document loading in big document
Fixed: Ignore All not working for Spell Check with German UI
Fixed: HideSaveOption should disable Ctrl+S shortcut
Fixed: iPad: Text selection handles not visible
Fixed: Calc: Broken calc re-rendering / split-panes
Fixed: Calc: content of an edited cell moved to new sheet
Fixed: Calc: view jump on delete / resize row caused by other view selection
Fixed: Calc: sheet drop zone is too small
Fixed: Calc: spreadsheet toolbar buttons not visible in Dark mode
Fixed: Calc: Impossible to create same level groups
Fixed: Calc: Multiple groups at the same level overlap, it’s not possible to see collapsed (‘+’) control boxes.
Fixed: Calc sheet tab hover effect
Fixed: Calc sheet tab active status not visible
Fixed: Calc: collapsing groups still shows child groups
Fixed: Calc: pixel shifting between dark and light mode
Fixed: Calc: Formula bar: Sometimes when in dark mode the equal icon is imperceptible
Fixed: Calc: Spreadsheet toolbar: In some cases “Go to Next/Prev sheet” icons have the wrong orientation
Fixed: Calc: When editing cell, the row/column selection indicator isn’t shown
Fixed: Improve error message on invalid WOPI host
Fixed: Dark mode does not set light text in read-only shared document
Fixed: Multiple dialog boxes appeared for chart properties option
Fixed: Invalidation offset problem in calc on share
Fixed: Sizing and selecting of columns does not work properly
Fixed: Calc: Impossible to create same level groups

Collabora Online 23.05.6

Update: 23.05.6.6 on 10 January, 2024

Fixed a problem with older Safari versions: typing text would not input anything, because of missing CSS settings of contenteditable.

Update: 23.05.6.5 on 7 January, 2024

Fixed a problem for users of Collabora Kubernetes Controller: tiles of migrated documents did not get updated.

Released on 20 December, 2023

This version update includes performance improvements and various bug fixes for different parts of the product. See details of the latest improvements and fixes below.

Fixed: Calc : Can’t insert a new line when there is content on the last
Fixed: Line breaks get lost when Calc is reopened
Fixed: Browser hanging during spreadsheet editing
Fixed: Calc: Formula bar does not get into proper edit mode sometimes
Fixed: Collabora Issue with download as, repair
Fixed: Autofilter Locks Cells
Fixed: Calc: Missing font color and Highlight color Icon in Dark mode
Fixed: Calc: Deleting rows with comments doesn’t shift comments
Fixed: Persistent server disconnected message after going idle
Fixed: NoDocLoaded when opening CSV
Fixed: Calc: Can’t insert a new line when there is content on the last
Fixed: Document disappears from view with certain actions
Fixed: Crashes
Fixed: Calc view jumping cases
Fixed: Performance
Re-designed and enhanced PostMessage test harness for integrators/developers
Added frame properties to Writer’s user interface (support of floating frames, see Miklos’ blog
Support of STYLEREF fields in Writer
Improved fontwork text placement (tdf#148000)
Adjust OOXML import to handle first header/footer (tdf#136472)
Support writing SVG images into OOXML using the MS OOXML extension (tdf#126084)
User interface polishing
Updated translations

Collabora Online 23.05.5

Released on 13 November, 2023

Update: 23.05.5.4

Fixed: Cannot edit documents (iOS/Safari 13)
Fixed: Copying from the document doesn’t work ((FF, a11y disabled)
Fixed: Unable to Copy the Link from text document
Easier to use user interface for Calc conditional formatting, and fixed icon set order for smilies
Fixed: off-by-one month in log date, a regression in previous minor version
don’t try to set TCP_NODELAY on local Unix sockets, which caused excessive log messages unnecessarily
Fixed:performance of Calc’s formulabar
Fixed:’Tileprocessed message did not arrive in time’ for slide preview
Fixed small cosmetic issues in user interface such as missing icons
Translation updates

Released on 27 October, 2023

We are thrilled to announce the release of COOL version 23.05.5. Explore the enhancements and bug fixes outlined below.

Improvements

Improved: Copy to clipboard message ergonomics.
Improved: Clipboard
- Update messages
- Don’t show full warning on paste
- Set equal width for progress dialogues
- Complete dialogue shows 100% progress bar
- Make dialogues more unified
- Keyboard shortcuts for snack-bar messages
Improved: Snack-bar Improvement
- Make progress visible
- use ESC to dismiss sidebar
Improved: Translation using Weblate (Turkish, Swedish, Polish, Dutch, Hungarian, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazil)
Improved: Browser reconnect experience smoother
Updated German keyboard shortcuts
Improved: conditional formatting UI in Calc
Improved: accessibility in Calc and Impress
Improved: Display of track change hierarchy in Writer’s Manage Changes dialog

Bug Fixes

Fixed: No info is shown that spreadsheet is read-only
Fixed: Calc, mobile: Auto-filter doesn’t work
Fixed: Calc – Cancel Button does not remove the empty Comment Dialogue
Fixed: Collabora – the page number menu item is in English
Fixed: Tabbed view: Button labels are inconsistent in non-en UI
Fixed: PostMessage on idle/active
Calc: row/column header context menu is mispositioned
Fixed: ODT document : delete keystrokes don’t work
Fixed: Drop-downs have wrong mark colour in browsers
Fixed: Scrollbar on Data – Validity dialogue
Fixed: Draw – Text and Hover text says ModifyPage instead Sidebar
Fixed: Notebookbar: Online help in non-English UI still with %productName
Fixed: Calc – view jumping, can’t select cell
Fixed: Calc – Crash when the second user closes session
Fixed: Dialogues shouldn’t be taller than viewport and should be scrollable
Fixed: Crash on copy of text and chart
Fixed: File gets downloaded instead of getting saved
Fixed: Menu items in English and Portuguese instead pure Portuguese
Fixed: Some Help buttons in Dialogue result in 404
Fixed: Get_Export_Formats response only contains PDF in 23.05
Fixed: Empty screen at document opening , until clicked
Fixed: Allow http Range header for media files
Fixed: Safari Workaround SVG position bug
Fixed: Change the local storage setting name “CompactMode” to “compactMode”
Fixed: Enable “Set Background Image” button in tabbed view
Fixed: Browser: make reconnect experience smoother
Fixed: Impress: screen reader support for text shape editing
Fixed: Autosaved comment cannot be closed
Fixed: Calc: Clone formatting cursor has misaligned hotspot
Fixed: Avoid spell-check dialog from outside selection
Fixed: Calc: rendering acceleration
Fixed: LOKit: always display hidden chars when showing formatting marks
Fixed: The document doesn’t change in online
Fixed: Crash copying text + chart to clipboard
Fixed: Crash on double click of value set item in bullets and numbering
Fixed: Missing background color in style preview
Fixed: Wrong cursor position after paste
Fixed: Increase scale for external PDF data

Collabora Online 23.05.4

Released on 21 September, 2023

The 23.05.4 version incorporates an array of new features bug fixes and security fixes. Please find a detailed breakdown of the latest enhancements and fixes below.”

Security Fixes

CVE-2023-4863 – Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in libwebp < 1.3.2

New Features

Font previews in Online

Bring to Online Barcode / QR code dialogue

Bug Fixes

Fixed: Navigator Sidebar: Headings Do Not Update Nesting Instantly
Fixed: Calc: sorting / filtering xlsx doc slow
Fixed: Calc: With multiple views, an edited comment is committed when the other user switches sheets
Fixed: Calc: Elements in Chart Type dialogue when editing chart positioned incorrectly
Fixed: Calc: Wrong column width after save .xlsx file
Fixed: Dark Mode – Document and text is dark
Fixed: Assertions in 23.05
Fixed: Android app or browser: cannot open PDF
Fixed: Notebookbar: Online help mixed with keyboard shortcuts
Fixed: Read-only shared document does not immediately show fonts
Fixed: Pasting in Firefox 117 pastes old content because Ctrl+C doesn’t copy
Fixed: Calc: Only print current sheet by default
Fixed: Tabbed bar: Missing French translations
Fixed: Writer: Not all content controls are marked
Fixed: No style previews / font selector when switching from compact to tabbed mode
Fixed: Error/warning log for read only with new version
Fixed: Use “Insert hyperlink” dialogue from core: Inserting hyperlink with shortcut still triggers the simple dialogue
Fixed: Save icon in tabbed bar doesn’t show changed status

Collabora Online 23.05.3

Released on 29 August, 2023

This version update includes performance improvements and various bug fixes for different parts of the product. See details of the latest improvements and fixes below.

Performance Improvements

Improved “laggy user experience”: slow response while editing different types of documents.
Improved the performance of Calc/Writer when scrolling the page down, contents was delayed.
Fixed performance issues with large XLSM files when it was hard to open, edit, scroll.
Improved the loading time for large XLSM files.

Bug Fixes

Fixed: can not play the presentation on iPad.
Fixed: view separation doesn’t seem to work for multiple views, that have different colour configurations for the Draw/Impress presentation.
Fixed: Calc fill-down handle doesn’t work with display scaling.
Fixed: PPTX issues.
- During slideshow the paragraph content after heading on left is underlined.
- During slideshow the whole lines are underlined.
- During slide view and presentation mode the headings have bullets (they don’t in PP)
- During slide view and presentation mode the actual bulleted entries are far apart.
Fixed: page navigation automatically opens the ‘Bookmarks’ section and scrolls down when first clicked on.
Fixed: the spellcheck has wrong dark mode, it is white and doesn’t otherwise show automatic colour text.
Fixed: the Collabora iFrame is on the same page as another textbox, the Collabora Online iFrame takes the focus away from the cursor in the other textbox after some time, usually within 10 seconds.
Fixed: nothing happens when the user tries to insert a Text Box in a Presentation with the menu in Compact View.
Fixed: sidebar – spacing, indent number fields don’t work with up clicks in 23.05.2
Fixed: Calc: no way to pick chart type when inserting chart.

Accelerator Keys Improvements

Improved Accelerator Keys: Press the “Alt” key on the keyboard now shows the info boxes.