Track changes

We use the Lite plugin for Ckeditor 4 to track changes within the WYSIWYG.

  • Tracking changes is turned off by default. Because the bulk of our content editing is done by staff, we have set them to be off by default.

  • When turned on, tracking changes will capture changes made by the user.

  • When content has unapproved tracked changes in it:

    • Those changes will not be visible in the WYSIWYG unless show track changes is turned on.

    • Those changes will not be visible in the content.

Warning

It is important when reviewing content from outside editors, who are instructed to use track changes, to turn on both start tracking and show track changes and approve/reject changes before publishing. This is the only way to see if there are incomplete revisions.

There are 6 buttons on the track changes toolbar:

_images/track-changes-toolbar.png

They are (from left to right)

  • Approve all

  • Reject all

  • Approve change

  • Reject change

  • Toggle show/hide track changes

  • Toggle start/stop tracking changes.

When track changes is turned on, additions and deletions will be tracked. If show tracked changes is turned on, they will appear:

_images/wysiwyg-tracked.png

If show track changes is turned off, the tracked changes will not appear:

_images/track-changes-off.png

And end users may see no changes or weird changes:

_images/open-tracked-changes.png

The source code will show a bunch of data tags:

_images/track-changes-source.png

Note

If start tracking changes is turned on, a warning will appear if you attempt to turn them off without approving or rejecting tracked changes.