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  2. CONFSERVER-34981

Provide an option to show the entire page when comparing versions

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      When confluence compares different page versions, it doesn't show the entire page, but just some parts of the page where the changes were made or added.

      The parts of the page that are obfuscated are replaced by ellipsis (...) as we can see in the screenshoot.

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            [CONFSERVER-34981] Provide an option to show the entire page when comparing versions

            Elia Päivärinta added a comment -

            It is actually possible to get the whole document to show in version comparison due to something that I consider a bug rather than feature.

            Steps:

            1. Go to edit a page
            2. Choose "Page layout" from top bar
            3. Add a section anywhere on the page with "Add section"
            4. Save changes

            From this point onwards, version comparison will always show the whole page instead of just the changes made.

            Elia Päivärinta added a comment - It is actually possible to get the whole document to show in version comparison due to something that I consider a bug rather than feature. Steps: Go to edit a page Choose "Page layout" from top bar Add a section anywhere on the page with "Add section" Save changes From this point onwards, version comparison will always show the whole page instead of just the changes made.

            Kees Willem van der Meer added a comment -

            How can this have the status "Needs verification"? This is a documented feature (https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-history-and-page-comparison-views-139379.html : When you view a page comparison, all large sections of unchanged text are hidden and reduced to an ellipsis).

            Please make this an option. Now one needs to switch between comparison view and whole page to understand what the context of a change is.

            Kees Willem van der Meer added a comment - How can this have the status "Needs verification"? This is a documented feature ( https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-history-and-page-comparison-views-139379.html : When you view a page comparison, all large sections of unchanged text are hidden and reduced to an ellipsis). Please make this an option. Now one needs to switch between comparison view and whole page to understand what the context of a change is.

            Polychronia added a comment -

            Are there any news about this issue.. Seeing the changes without context is very useless!

            Polychronia added a comment - Are there any news about this issue.. Seeing the changes without context is very useless!

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              rgadami Rodrigo Girardi Adami
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