[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 Heiko Tietze changed: What|Removed |Added Severity|normal |enhancement

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #22 from Aron Budea --- (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #19) > It's a straight column-segment. Which becomes an L-shape if one of the cells > on those line is wider than the column. It seems we're still stuck at

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #21 from ady --- IMHO... (In reply to Bigor from comment #0) > Expected Results: > selected a2:a5 An alternative method to achieve that is already available: Name Box. As for the default behavior in this matter, I do not

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #20 from Eyal Rozenberg --- (In reply to ady from comment #18) > 3. Press the [CTRL] key and repeat the mouse operation on another range of > cells; they can be adjacent to the previously-selected area or not. Without >

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #19 from Eyal Rozenberg --- (In reply to Aron Budea from comment #17) > > But of course it's the L shape! > Please test in any version you'd like, no need for merged cells, just plain > old Shift + arrow key behavior: hold

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #18 from ady --- (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #14) > (In reply to ady from comment #13) > No. Ctrl is for a disjoint selection. When you want to select a contiguous > sequence of cells, you use the Shift key. I

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #17 from Aron Budea --- (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #16) > It's always worked like that, except for the buggy behavior when it comes to > merged cells. If the behavior had been _consistent_, then you could make

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #16 from Eyal Rozenberg --- (In reply to Aron Budea from comment #15) > It's never worked like that. It's always worked like that, except for the buggy behavior when it comes to merged cells. If the behavior had been

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #15 from Aron Budea --- (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #12) > (In reply to Aron Budea from comment #11) > > If you press and hold Shift, and press down arrow and right arrow, do you > > expect cells to be selected

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #14 from Eyal Rozenberg --- (In reply to ady from comment #13) > Calc is behaving the same as any other spreadsheet tool. No, it doesn't. That is, not in principle. We consider what other spreadsheet apps do, and then decide

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #13 from ady --- (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #12) > But of course it's the L shape! Calc is behaving the same as any other spreadsheet tool. If you don't want a rectangular selection, then use [CTRL] in order to

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #12 from Eyal Rozenberg --- Created attachment 194268 --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=194268=edit How a shift+down selection should look like with multiple rows with merged cells (In reply to Aron

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #11 from Aron Budea --- (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #10) > (In reply to Aron Budea from comment #8) > > - When you merge A4 to C4, there's no A4 cell anymore, only A4:C4 range, > > I'm not sure that's exactly

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #10 from Eyal Rozenberg --- (In reply to Aron Budea from comment #8) > Let's see if my understanding if correct: > - When you merge A4 to C4, there's no A4 cell anymore, only A4:C4 range, I'm not sure that's exactly correct,

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #9 from ady --- (In reply to Bigor from comment #0) > Expected Results: > selected a2:a5 Just click on any cell (so there is no "selected range"), then click on the upper-left "Name Box" and type-in "a2:a5" (without

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #8 from Aron Budea --- Let's see if my understanding if correct: - When you merge A4 to C4, there's no A4 cell anymore, only A4:C4 range, - A range is a rectangular area of cells, - When you select cells using Shift, or hold

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #7 from Eyal Rozenberg --- (In reply to Aron Budea from comment #5) This seems like a bug to me, because it denies us the expressive potential of the selection. We can choose to select a 3x5 region covering the merged cell;

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 --- Comment #6 from Heiko Tietze --- LibreOffice behaves exactly like MS Excel, at least on macOS. However, I can follow the idea that selecting b1:b5 should not add a1 and c5 if a2:c4 is merged (as you get it via ctrl). -- You are

[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288 Aron Budea changed: What|Removed |Added Keywords||needsUXEval CC|