Do not wipe unaccepted text suggestions when toggling to Edit Mode.
There is a major friction point when collaborating on a document and toggling between "Suggesting Mode" and "Editing Mode".
Currently, if a user makes several text suggestions in Suggesting Mode, but then needs to toggle into Edit Mode to make a structural change (such as adding a row to a table or adding a dependency), all prior unaccepted suggestions in the document are completely lost and wiped out.
Because suggestions are treated as temporary overlays, structural edits force a document re-render that deletes previous work. This forces users to either completely redo their suggestions or completely abandon Suggesting Mode in favour of using standard comments.
Requested Solution:Please update the document state logic so that switching to Edit Mode either:
Preserves pending suggestions as active, editable tracking overlays, orAutomatically converts pending suggestions into comments so the user's copy and hard work are not permanently deleted.
Kimberley Ward
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