https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146193
Mike Kaganski <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |needsUXEval --- Comment #1 from Mike Kaganski <[email protected]> --- There is a reason and an obvious way to delete a single cell in Calc. Hence there is such a function, and relevant documentation *there*. Namely, since Calc sheet *at all times* consists of a fixed number of columns and rows (even joining cells only hides some cells, and they still exist), removing a cell shifts the rest of a row or a column to the left/to the top, and adds another blank cell in the end of the row/column, so that the number of cells is unchanged. In Writer, tables don't always consist of same-size rows. Joining cells may actually create rows with less cells. Additionally, potentially the tables are not necessarily square. (This is often true for tables coming from MS Word, and Writer supports that "feature".) So what should happen when you delete a single cell? Should it shift cells of the same row to the left, making the row shorter? Should it do the same, but add another cell at the right? (with still no guarantee that cells would be aligned with rows above/below.) Or should it do the same with columns? (which would be likely impossible - IIUC we do not support different-height columns.) Without clear specifications how would that behave, *and* also *what workflow would benefit from that*, to justify increased complexity and more potential to create a mess in people's tables (with huge potential to confuse non-advanced users), it should be a WONTFIX IMO. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
