Office-js: Automatic OneDrive saving breaks online Word if a ContentControl exists

Created on 23 Jan 2018 · 7Comments · Source: OfficeDev/office-js

Automatic OneDrive saving breaks online Word if a ContentControl is inserted through Office.js. Until circa Jan 18 2018, the same code worked fine both online and on desktop.

Expected Behavior

Expected behavior is not to break online Word when inserting content through Office.js.

Current Behavior

After inserting a ContentControl through Office.js code, online Word breaks: error message pops up, document cannot be handled any more until refreshed, last changes are not saved.

Steps to Reproduce, or Live Example

Code for Script Lab: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48380951/online-word-breaks-when-inserting-a-content-control

after running the code snippet, wait a few moments until it breaks (without doing anything else to the document), usually 10-20 seconds, sometimes less, sometimes more

Context

This issue blocks the users of our add in to use it in the online version of Word, which they were able to do so far. Ideally, both the desktop versions and online version should display the same behavior when using Office.js.

Your Environment

Platform: Online Word
Host: Word
Operating System: macOS
Browser (if using Office Online): latest Chrome and Firefox Quantum

Word fixed

Source

dinkom

Most helpful comment

@dinkom -- thanks for logging this issue here for the product team. FYI, I've edited the Steps to Reproduce... section to add a link to a Script Lab gist that anyone can use to repro the issue using Script Lab and Word Online.