https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127484
Bug ID: 127484
Summary: use HTML caption tag to name externally linked tables
from URL
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 6.3.1.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Calc
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
Currently, using a website URL in "Sheet > Link to External Data..." only shows
a list of generic identifiers of the type "HTML_1", which makes it difficult to
identify the right table when there are many available.
The HTML <caption> tag could help telling the tables apart.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Calc
2. Go to "Sheet > Link to External Data..."
3. Paste a URL in "URL of External Data Source", for example
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings
4. Press Enter on the keyboard
5. Use defaults in the "Import Options" dialog and click "OK".
Actual Results:
The "Available Tables/Ranges" show a list of tables named
"HTML_<positional_number>. (see attached screenshot)
Expected Results:
Naming the tables in the list with whatever is between the corresponding
<caption></caption> – if found when parsing – could help identify the right
one. For example, the tables could be named with the pattern:
HTML_<positional_number> - <first 40 characters of caption>...
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Tested with:
Version: 6.3.1.2
Build ID: 1:6.3.1~rc2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1~lo1
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3;
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-GB
Calc: threaded
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