I agree with comment #2 - the current behaviour is not user friendly. Displaying ### doesn't make it obvious that the column is too narrow, it indicates that there is a problem with the data. Considering that ### is what is used when an incorrect formula is entered, it's more likely that the user will attempt to fix the data rather than expanding the column.
Why does the date behave differently from other data types in the spreadsheet? Wouldn't visual consistency be more beneficial to the user experience? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1132531 Title: Use an arrow to show the date is too large to fit the column, instead of ### Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Confirmed Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: When characters do not fit in the default column size, Calc displays ### rather than cutting off the text. This is a feature so you know that there is more data. Instead possibly an arrow can be shown to signify there is more data. This is probably good behavior for numbers which could be interpreted a being complete even though they are not, but dates might be considered different. Open the example spreadsheet provided and take a look at the first column filled with dates in ascending order. All the cells for Wednesdays are displayed as "###" where I would expect something like "Wed 08.03 13" ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: libreoffice-calc 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Feb 24 20:59:00 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-08-13 (195 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (128 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/1132531/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
