To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=105492 Issue #|105492 Summary|Text Orientation Degrees Entry Field Won't Allow Delet |ion of Contents While Editing Field Component|Spreadsheet Version|OOo 3.1.1 Platform|PC URL| OS/Version|Windows XP Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|formatting Assigned to|spreadsheet Reported by|cem8179
------- Additional comments from cem8...@openoffice.org Wed Sep 30 23:30:34 +0000 2009 ------- On the Format Cells dialog, Alignment tab, the entry field for Text Orientation in degrees does not allow you to delete the contents of the field. Presumably this choice was motivated to avoid invalid entries, requiring an integer in the range 0 to 359. However, it is unexpected behavior for a user interface and for fast typists leads to unexpected results. For example if the user has "63" in the field and wants to change it to "91", the user might expect to be able to click on the field, placing the cursor at the end of the field, then type backspace twice, then enter "9" then "1". However, the second time they press backspace, the field will clear for an instant, then it puts back the "6" the user just deleted, placing it after the cursor. Then, when the user enters "9" then "1", the field contains first "96", then for a brief instant contains "916", which is replaced with "359". As a keyboard-oriented user I find this field quite annoying. To me the sequence of four key-presses in the example are one unified action, and I don't think about them as separate actions. With this interface, I have to turn my attention from what I was doing to understanding a quirky interface. I am classifying this as an enhancement, because I assume the current behavior is what was intended, but it's so distracting to me I'm tempted to call it a defect. I think a preferable mode of operation would be to allow the user to make any entries in the field they desire, but interpret any invalid entry as 0 degrees rotation, for the "ABCD" example display, when the user clicks OK or navigates out of the field. If there is an invalid entry when the user clicks either the up or down buttons, the invalid entry should again be interpreted as 0, then replaced by either 1 or 359 depending on the direction. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sc.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sc.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
