(I assume we are talking about issue 14007) 4. As Alt will not work in Linux and we have redundancy with Shift-D&D, I would suggest using Shift as modifier. This will break link insertion, so we have to either move this particular action to menu (and make it accessible via shortcut) or ask user on Ctrl-Shift-D&D.
Thanks a lot for your attention to this issue. WBR, K. Palagin. > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Benisch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 4:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [sc-dev] Easy moving of rows and columns in Calc > > Currently in Calc neither rows nor columns can be easily moved > manually. > > It is possible to drag & drop e.g. a column into a new position, > but the dropped column is not inserted, but overwrites the existing > cells. > > Of course, there's a workaround. First insert a new empty column > at the desired position, then drag & drop the column to the new > position and finally delete the old column. As this method is quite > cumbersome, the question is, if the described action can be performed > in a more user friendly way. In addition one may not want to restrict > to columns and rows only, but generalise the method to cell ranges. > > After some discussions the following proposals came out: > > 1.) drag & drop with mouse pointer in column or row header > ------------------------------------------------------ > > When dragging starts with the mouse pointer in the column/row > header, the whole column/row is copied or moved and > inserted at the target column/row. In this case, existing > cells are not overwritten. > > cons: - Works only for columns and rows, but not for cell ranges. > - May not be very intuitive. > > 2.) use additional keyboard shortcuts > --------------------------------- > > Currently, the following modifiers are used for drag & drop > of cell ranges in Calc: > > modifier action > ---------------------- > - move > Shift move > Ctrl copy > Shift+Ctrl link > > As already written, for all those actions existing cells are > overwritten. In principal it's possible to use different > keyboard shortcutts or an additional modifier, e.g. Alt > for the insert case, that means existing cells are not > overwritten: > > modifier action > ----------------------------- > Shift+Alt move + insert > Ctrl+Alt copy + insert > Shift+Ctrl+Alt link + insert > > cons: - Alt may not work on Unix/Linux platforms. > > 3.) ask user when dropping > ---------------------- > > Another approach may be to ask the user, that means opening a dialog > after releasing the mouse button. The user may choose between > overwriting existing cells or simply inserting. > > cons: - No visual indicator for the exact drop position. > - The dialog may be bothersome. > > Any ideas and comments are welcome. > > > Thomas > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
