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The Go converter rendered every worksheet part in an XLSX package, including sheets that xl/workbook.xml marks as hidden or veryHidden. Excel and LibreOffice never print those sheets, and the .NET and Rust implementations already skip them.

For tests/Issue_Files/xlsx/PO_anonymized.xlsx, the hidden db sheet added 19 pages of lookup data that appear in neither the Microsoft 365 nor the LibreOffice reference PDF.

This change resolves each sheet through the workbook relationships before conversion:

  • When every visible sheet resolves to a part in the package, only those parts are rendered. A hidden sheet with a broken relationship, or an orphaned worksheet part, is not printed.
  • If a visible sheet cannot be resolved, only the parts known to be hidden are dropped, so no visible sheet is lost.
  • Without a relationships part, sheets map to parts by position.
  • Relationship targets match part names case-insensitively.

FEATURE_PARITY.md now marks Go as partial for hidden rows, columns, and sheets (hidden rows and columns are still not handled).

LibreOffice source consulted for the expected behavior:

  • sc/source/filter/oox/worksheetbuffer.cxx: mnState of XML_hidden or XML_veryHidden leads to rDoc.SetVisible(..., false).
  • sc/source/ui/view/printfun.cxx: a sheet with !rDoc.IsVisible(nPrintTab) is skipped when printing.

Validation

Run on macOS with Go 1.27.1. The visual benchmark used the committed Microsoft 365 and LibreOffice reference PDFs (-SkipReference), because Microsoft 365 references cannot be generated on macOS.

cd minipdf-go && gofmt -l . && go vet ./... && go test -count=1 ./...
pwsh -NoProfile -File scripts/Run-Go-VisualBenchmark.ps1 -Suite issue -Format xlsx -SkipReference -Filter "PO_anonymized"
pwsh -NoProfile -File scripts/Run-Go-VisualBenchmark.ps1 -Suite issue -Format xlsx -SkipReference
pwsh -NoProfile -File scripts/Run-Go-VisualBenchmark.ps1 -Suite issue -Format pptx -SkipReference
git diff --check
  • Go tests, go vet, gofmt, and git diff --check pass.
  • TestConvertXLSXSkipsHiddenWorksheets fails without the fix and passes with it. TestConvertXLSXResolvesHiddenWorksheetParts covers missing relationships, dangling ids, unmatched targets, case differences, and all-sheets-hidden.

Go issue/xlsx visual benchmark, before (edeea714) and after:

Case Overall Visual average Text similarity Pages (candidate / Microsoft 365)
PO_anonymized 0.1618 -> 0.2229 0.0143 -> 0.0156 0.1401 -> 0.2916 235 / 9 -> 216 / 9
payroll-calculator_f 0.3157 -> 0.3182 0.1778 -> 0.1803 0.3615 -> 0.3653 72 / 29 -> 71 / 29
  • Average over the 21 cases: 0.4410 -> 0.4440.
  • The other 19 cases have identical scores and page counts.
  • All 21 candidate PDFs are valid and every comparison image was generated.
  • Go issue/pptx is unchanged at 0.6093.

PO_anonymized remains far below the reference. The Go converter still ignores the print area, hidden rows, and print scaling for this file; those are separate changes.

Compatibility notes:

  • A package with a malformed xl/workbook.xml or xl/_rels/workbook.xml.rels now returns a parse error. The Go XLSX path did not read those parts before.
  • Worksheet parts that no visible sheet references are no longer rendered.
  • A workbook in which every sheet is hidden produces one blank page.

Checklist

  • The change is focused and does not include unrelated formatting or generated files.
  • New or changed behavior has automated test coverage where practical.
  • Relevant .NET and/or Rust checks pass. (Not applicable: the change is confined to minipdf-go; Go checks pass.)
  • Public API and compatibility effects are documented.
  • Security implications and untrusted-input behavior were considered.
  • I have the right to submit every added source file, fixture, font, image, and other asset under its stated license.
  • Third-party and generated material includes its source and license.
  • Test documents contain no confidential information or personal data.
  • User-facing documentation is updated, including translated README files when the English README changed.
  • Large benchmark outputs are attached or stored as CI artifacts unless they are required canonical evidence. (Not attached yet: the PDFs and comparison images are kept locally and the scores are summarized above.)

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • XLSX-to-PDF exports now respect worksheet visibility: hidden and very hidden sheets are excluded, while visible sheets are rendered.
    • When worksheet visibility information cannot be fully resolved, the export retains sheets that are not known to be hidden, including when sheet relationships are missing or invalid.
    • If all sheets are hidden, the PDF contains one blank page.

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The XLSX converter now filters worksheet parts using workbook visibility metadata before rendering. Tests cover visible, hidden, and very hidden sheets, relationship resolution fallbacks, and output when all sheets are hidden. The feature matrix marks Go support for hidden rows, columns, and sheets as partial.

Changes: XLSX worksheet visibility

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolve visible worksheet parts
minipdf-go/xlsx.go
The helper reads workbook sheets and relationships, identifies hidden and very hidden sheets, and selects visible worksheet parts. It returns workbook or relationship read and parse errors. If visible sheets do not all resolve, it removes only parts known to be hidden.
Apply filtering and verify PDF output
minipdf-go/xlsx.go, minipdf-go/office_test.go, FEATURE_PARITY.md
convertXLSX filters worksheet parts before reading styles and rendering. Tests cover visibility, missing or dangling relationships, case-insensitive target matching, and all-hidden workbooks. The feature matrix marks hidden rows, columns, and sheets as partial.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: shps951023

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to af064

The change skips hidden and very hidden worksheets in Go XLSX conversion, with fallbacks for missing or imperfect relationships. Earlier review concerns have been addressed and the tests cover the edge cases. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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The Go converter rendered every worksheet part in the package, including
sheets that xl/workbook.xml marks as hidden or veryHidden. Excel and
LibreOffice never print those sheets, and the .NET and Rust
implementations already skip them.

Resolve each sheet through the workbook relationships. When every
visible sheet resolves to a part in the package, render exactly those
parts, so a hidden sheet with a broken relationship or an orphaned
worksheet part is never printed. If a visible sheet cannot be resolved,
only drop the parts known to be hidden so that no visible sheet is lost.
Without a relationships part, sheets map to parts by position.
Relationship targets match part names case-insensitively.

Mark Go as partial for hidden sheets in FEATURE_PARITY.md.

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Review comments at @minipdf-go/xlsx.go:
- Line 152: Update the positional fallback in the worksheet-selection logic to
use the corresponding entry from the discovered worksheets list rather than
constructing a contiguous sheetN.xml filename. Ensure hidden-sheet handling
works for non-contiguous and custom worksheet filenames, and add coverage for
both cases.
- Line 157: Update the sheet-target resolution check that uses
packageParts[part] to resolve visible sheets only against discovered worksheets.
Preserve the unresolved-sheet fallback when a target exists elsewhere in the
package but does not match a worksheet, and add a case covering that scenario.

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🟡 Changes recommended

Worksheet mapping can expose hidden sheets when filenames have gaps, while accepting non-worksheet relationship targets can incorrectly discard visible worksheets instead of preserving them through fallback.

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What changed in this PR

This PR updates Go XLSX conversion to exclude hidden and very-hidden worksheets, bringing sheet visibility handling closer to the .NET and Rust implementations.

Changes:

  • Filters worksheet parts using workbook visibility and relationships, with fallbacks for missing or unresolved relationships.
  • Adds regression tests for visibility, relationship resolution, case-insensitive targets, and all-hidden workbooks.
  • Marks Go support for hidden rows, columns, and sheets as partial.
File Description
minipdf-go/​xlsx.go Filters worksheet parts before rendering based on workbook visibility.
minipdf-go/​office_test.go Tests hidden-sheet filtering and relationship fallback behavior.
FEATURE_PARITY.md Updates Go’s visibility support status to partial.

Review effort: Balanced

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henry3260 force-pushed the fix/go-xlsx-hidden-worksheets branch from 2adb6a8 to a5b4215 Compare November 12, 2026 14:29
Address review comments on the hidden worksheet change.

Without workbook relationships, map each sheet to the ordered worksheet
part at its position instead of a synthesized sheetN.xml name, so
non-contiguous and custom part names hide the right sheet.

Count a visible sheet as resolved only when its target is a discovered
worksheet part. A target that names another package part, such as
xl/styles.xml, now falls back to dropping known-hidden parts instead of
dropping the visible sheet.

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