# Popup window text when editing same document

**URL:** <https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/popup-window-text-when-editing-same-document/2906>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [August 27, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/popup-window-text-when-editing-same-document/2906 "2024-08-27T13:27:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![marcus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@marcus](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/marcus)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/popup-window-text-when-editing-same-document/2906/1 "2024-08-27T13:27:00Z")

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Hi all,  
When a user is editing a document and a second user opens the same document, you get a popup with a warning.

```auto
DOCUMENT HAS BEEN CHANGED
Document has been changed in the storage. What would you like to do with your unsaved changes?

Buttons: "Cancel" "Discard" "Overwrite"

```

This text is quite confusing and our users get unsure what to do.  
“I have just opened the document and have not done any changes, what is this?”

After some testing we realize that this must be due to some type of caching on the server side.  
Would it be possible to change the wording or behavior of this functionality?  
One way would be to change the wording to something like:

```auto
Other users are editing this document. Multiple sessions may overwrite some data.
Do you want to proceed?
Button: "No" "Yes"

```

The behavior becomes the same as pressing “Overwrite” button.  
Please, come back to me with better improvements, suggestions or explanation.

Many thanks in advance!

Update:  
Issue created: [Popup window text confusing when editing same document · Issue #9915 · CollaboraOnline/online · GitHub](https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/online/issues/9915)

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**Author:** ![darshan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.collaboraonline.com/darshan/32/2230_2.png) [@darshan](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/darshan)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/popup-window-text-when-editing-same-document/2906/2 "2024-08-27T13:46:33Z")

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Hello @marcus,

Thanks for sharing your feedback! It’s great that you’ve identified the issue with the warning dialog. Your suggestion to update the wording is valuable. To discuss this further and gather more ideas, please file a GitHub issue for this enhancement. We can review it in our weekly COOL meeting, which takes place every Thursday at 12 PM CEST.

Here’s the link to create a new issue: [GitHub Issue - Feature Request](https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/online/issues/new?assignees=&labels=enhancement%2C+unconfirmed&projects=&template=feature_request.md&title=)

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We’re looking forward to discussing this with you and exploring potential improvements!

Thanks,  
Darshan

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**Author:** ![darshan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.collaboraonline.com/darshan/32/2230_2.png) [@darshan](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/darshan)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/popup-window-text-when-editing-same-document/2906/3 "2024-08-27T13:46:45Z")

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