https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170581
Bug ID: 170581
Summary: LO Calc conditional format manager view's disruptive
clunkiness and fixed size
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 25.2.3.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: Linux (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Calc
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
The CF manager view in LO Calc has a fixed and much too small horizontal
default size, which even cannot be resized manually.
Therefore it becomes very cumbersome, i. e. prevents users from working
fluently, by quickly getting a wholistic overview, e. g. of a set of longer
function-based rules; it forces them, to constantly scroll back and forth
between the rule's function and cell range values - so it's next to impossible,
to find and edit relevant passages swiftly.
It's also not possible to copy-paste these rule functions without clicking
'Edit' first, forcing users to constantly jump back and forth between edit
views of single rules and main list.
This awkwardness is even greatly amplified by the fact, that the CF manager's
main list always jumps to the very end on leaving 'Edit' mode, instead of
focusing the last edited rule, which makes checking on and modifying a subset
of rules at the beginning or in the middle of a large rule set even more
arduous, annoying and time-consuming.
Especially for slow machines - e. g. on a Raspberry Pi4 - this process becomes
even more tiresome, due to the considerable delays and UI laggyness; a more
thoughtful re-design of the CF manager's window features + Copy'n'Paste ability
alone could greatly reduce the necessity of repeated and expensive menu context
switches.
Also, a simple 'Copy' function is tremendously missed, by which users could
quickly and intuitively create a larger rule set, without abundant, superfluous
(but in Calc mandatory) manual hacking efforts - a very basic, yet vital
function, that would certainly at least help mitigate some of CF manager's
reported bugs, with minimal effort, like:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87274
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165559
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169201
By giving users back control over CF rule management with an added 'Copy' - and
maybe also 'Unite' and 'Split' - function, at least some of the reported
problems arising from Calc's unifying and splitting automatic could be
mitigated, or made obsolete.
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169206
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