https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151840
Bug ID: 151840
Summary: API: Text Table Cursor has no notion of row and
columns, and no sane way to loop through the selection
Product: LibreOffice
Version: Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
When a bunch of cells are selected in Writer,
ThisComponent.getCurrentSelection() returns a css:text:TextTableCursor. That
provides no sane way to traverse (loop through) the selection, nor to get the
boundaries of the selection, etc.
There is a getRangeName() and a gotoCellByName(...) which allow to do it, by...
manually parsing and constructing string cell range names like "A4:C53". That
is not a sane, programmer-friendly interface.
The goXXX() methods kinda make sense as a general cursor in the table, but are
not useful in the context of the selection; they will happily exit the
selection without any indication that they did so.
As a side-note, the choice to have goRight/goLeft silently wrap to
next/previous row is maybe also not the most useful API choice. We are stuck
with that for compatibility reasons, so I won't mention it any more.
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Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
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