https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131916
Jeff Fortin Tam <nekoh...@gmail.com> changed:
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--- Comment #12 from Jeff Fortin Tam <nekoh...@gmail.com> ---
In Excel, the equivalent of LibreOffice's "Select Data Area" action is bound to
Ctrl+a (or Command+a), so it does not require a numpad.
In LibreOffice, Ctrl+a selects the entire sheet, which is pretty much never
what you actually want to do; whatsmore, LibreOffice already has another
shortcut for "Select All", as indicated by the shortcut hint in the menus:
Shift+Ctrl+Space, which is the same as Excel's, and is logically consistent
with the Ctrl+Space shortcut for selecting the column and the Shift+Space
shortcut for selecting the row, too.
Therefore, my recommendation would be for LibreOffice to change the default
keyboard shortcut for "Select Data Area" to Ctrl+a, to match what Excel does
and not require a numpad. I believe this solution would make everyone happy,
and users who somehow wish to select the entire sheet can continue using
Shift+Ctrl+Space, or clicking the top-left header area (between row "1" and
column "A").
This could probably be considered an EasyHack?
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Further reference for comparison:
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https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/keyboard-shortcuts-in-excel-1798d9d5-842a-42b8-9c99-9b7213f0040f#bkmk_selectwin
for the standard selections-related shortcuts
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https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/what-is-the-point-of-ctrl-a-select-all-in-calc/10040
where someone has been complaining about mostly the same thing.
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