To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=95807 Issue #|95807 Summary|Home reacts unpredictably Component|Spreadsheet Version|OOo 3.0 Platform|Unknown URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|editing Assigned to|spreadsheet Reported by|filkin
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 3 21:12:15 +0000 2008 ------- This might be a DEFECT and not an enhancement. In Calc Home works in two very different ways that is hard for humans predict when working fast and effectively. If you type a number into a cell and press Home the cell content is accepted and the cursor instantly moves to column one. IF, however there was a number or a string in the cell, the home button would NOT accept the content but - as expected - go to the beginning of the number/ string. These two situations happen often and - perhaps 50% of the time you type into an empty cell and 50% of the time you edit a cell. Thus Home works differently 50% of the times depending on which Home button behavior your brain likes the best. Normally you must tap Return or Escape to accept/change the cell content, but perhaps 50% of the time Home both accept the content it and move the cursor - sometimes it doesn't. This is unpredictable to users who use Calc alot - these users develop habits. Or perhaps this behaviour prevents them from using or developing that habit since it will not work predictably and instead Calc slows the user down. Why is this a problem? 1) an interface should never punish the user for using habits. Pressing Home to get to the beginning of a line or cell is a good habit but in this case works as a punishment. Therefore the Home button should always always go to beginning of a string/line unless it's impossible in which case it chould go to column 1 (or simply not work). 2) When you type a number you might decide that it needed a dash in front to make it negative (I do this very often) or you decide a string of text should start differently. And by habit you tap Home. This, however, does NOT work as you expected and you have to scroll around to find for the cell you were editing to change the start of it - this requires lots of extra key presses (Calc punished the user with extra keypresses and wated time). Therefore the Home button should always go the the start of a string if possible. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
