https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172799
--- Comment #3 from Ben Urban <[email protected]> --- (In reply to ady from comment #1) > The status bar has very limited space. Calc already has better hints about > where or what the problem could be than other spreadsheet tools, which offer > more generic error codes / messages. > > <https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Calc/015> I do agree that the status bar has limited space, but there must be a way to show more. A tooltip would work. But I believe you are misunderstanding my suggestion. Taking an example from that table: =VLOOKUP(1;0;1) shows Err:504 Error in parameter list. That is *very* unhelpful for someone who does not know where the error is or what VLOOKUP expects. Even the Wiki page doesn't explain what went wrong in *that* formula (well, other than using that particular one as an example...). A better message would be something like: Error: VLOOKUP expects an array or range for its second parameter; found 0 instead. Again, if it doesn't fit in the status bar, it could show as a tooltip or some other way. But that error message is substantially easier for a user to understand than "Error in parameter list." Also, thanks for the link; I'm adding Err:542 to that list. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
