https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160096

--- Comment #9 from ornanovitch <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #8)

> Why defining a validity list if a value not on the list is accepted without
> indication?

There is no evidence that the “validity list” should be interpreted solely as a
“permitted list”, there are only habits on this matter. What's not valid in a
context is not necessarily forbidden, nor necessarily invalid in another
context.

e.g.: I have some sheets where validity list are displaying a dropdown with a
precise list (with a formula) IF user choose A. In that case, user can choose
his an item in the list. But IF user choose B, then he must enter a custom
value in the same column. In that case, the validity list's formula is
something like that: 

IF($K2=A;{some_field};"")

e.g. 2: I have some sheets where validity list are displaying a dropdown with
optional choices, which are valid. But the user might have the need to enter a
custom value which is not proposed. For invoicing for example: when I enter a
new item in my invoice, depending of the type of the stuff I sold, a list of
suggested labels that I might need is displayed. Sometime those labels do the
job, sometime they don't and I enter a custom value.

We could find a lot of other example that illustrate how much this is practical
and powerful.

> So no pb for adding the feature but strongly disagree for reverting the
> patch.

I agree it could be a feature or an enhancement, not a reverse. But in the
meantime we have to keep in mind that a lot of workflows are broken. That's
life and I'm ok to deal with it by rolling back my LO version, but I guess
something has to be done somehow to solve this situation.

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