[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 157120] pasting column with empty cells gives error

2023-09-06 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157120

--- Comment #11 from ady  ---
(In reply to CSV from comment #9)
> Pasting "cells" is really pasting the CONTENT of cells, not an empty
> skeleton.

FWIW, that is not accurate. Generally speaking, you paste not only content but
also formatting (whether permanent or conditional, or both). But, you could use
"paste special" in order to paste content only, or format only, or using other
special options in order to obtain different results.

(In reply to m.a.riosv from comment #10)
> BTW, not pasting empty cells means that if in the destination range are not
> empty cells, they remain with their content, when they shouldn't.

I think this is not the case presented here. We are not talking about "skipping
empty cells" when copying or when pasting. We are talking about "not-pasting"
the "end" of the entire column(s)/row(s) under specific conditions, when the
source – column(s)/row(s) – was copied "entirely" and the destination
area/range would be smaller, so as to allow a simpler selection of the source
and destination ranges (from the users' perspective). The area/range to be
paste-on would be replaced, according to the kind of paste action (e.g. all,
values only, formatting only…).

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 157120] pasting column with empty cells gives error

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--- Comment #10 from m.a.riosv  ---
BTW, not pasting empty cells means that if in the destination range are not
empty cells, they remain with their content, when they shouldn't.
Or maybe you want in destination cells the same format as in origin.

To avoid assumptions, it's the better way to avoid mistakes.

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 157120] pasting column with empty cells gives error

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--- Comment #9 from CSV  ---
Sorry if my terse language upsets you, sometimes it is needed to get the
required attention.

Pasting "cells" is really pasting the CONTENT of cells, not an empty skeleton.

Selecting a column is easier than scrolling down to say, line 123892, where the
remaining 924784 empty cells have no value, other than to create irritation,
and slow down the work.  With over one million cells in a row a manual error
checking is a non-starter.

If you have to read a manual to use software there is a missed opportunity of
intuitive usability. 

The attitude I usually get from developers is: "not a bug, suck it up" which is
an attitude I find unacceptable.

I have used Calc since early 2000's and found it useful, for a lot of things.
The famous alternative with more than 10 times the executable size has excelled
in crunching large datasets, where this one, 10 years ago, froze the PC for a
very long time. 

Oo/Lo Calc is my goto spreadsheet program, to my coworkers chagrin, even-though
the famous alternative suite you can now find for $30 - $50 for a perpetual
license. That one misses out by rolling out tone-deaf improvements that makes
blood pressure go up.

I appreciate the work you guys do for this program.

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 157120] pasting column with empty cells gives error

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m.a.riosv  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

   Keywords|needsUXEval |
 Blocks|102593  |
Version|Inherited From OOo  |unspecified

--- Comment #8 from m.a.riosv  ---
(In reply to CSV from comment #5)
> Not a bug?
> 
> If this was the design intent, then there is something seriously wrong with
> the attitude of the designer.
> 
> It should be obvious from my input that this behavior is unacceptable. 

Absolutely unacceptable, it's your attitude here.
Maybe you can patch the supposed improvement, and give a lesson to the
developers.

> 
> The "other" famous program does not produce this output.

That affirmation it's false for
Microsoft® Excel® for Microsoft 365 MSO (version 2308 compilation
16.0.16731.20052) 64 bits

>...


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102593
[Bug 102593] [META] Paste bugs and enhancements
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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 157120] pasting column with empty cells gives error

2023-09-06 Thread bugzilla-daemon
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Stéphane Guillou (stragu)  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

   Keywords||needsUXEval
 Blocks||102593
 CC||stephane.guillou@libreoffic
   ||e.org
Version|unspecified |Inherited From OOo

--- Comment #7 from Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 
 ---
Same behaviour in OOo 3.3, so inherited.

(In reply to ady from comment #6)
> The potential enhancement would be to avoid trying to paste the "lower"
> range of cells of the source column onto the destination column (but I would
> add some condition, such as the "lower" cells being empty of content for
> example, in order to allow such kind of "partial-paste").

That sounds sensible to me: discarding the bottom cells silently _only if they
are empty_. If they are not empty, show the same error message as currently.

(In reply to CSV from comment #5)
> If this was the design intent, then there is something seriously wrong with
> the attitude of the designer.
> 
> It should be obvious from my input that this behavior is unacceptable. 
> 
> The "other" famous program does not produce this output.
> 
> Get a clue.

As a side note: please keep in mind that a lot of the work on LibreOffice is
done by volunteers kindly spending their time on making this software better. I
don't think this is an appropriate "tone" when interacting with other
contributors on this bug tracker.
https://www.documentfoundation.org/code-of-conduct/

Indeed, I agree with m.a.riosv and ady that this report is better categorised
as an enhancement request.

Copying in the Design/UX team for their opinion on ady's suggestion.


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102593
[Bug 102593] [META] Paste bugs and enhancements
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ady  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

Version|7.2.4.1 release |unspecified
   Severity|normal  |enhancement
 OS|Linux (All) |All

--- Comment #6 from ady  ---
The potential enhancement would be to avoid trying to paste the "lower" range
of cells of the source column onto the destination column (but I would add some
condition, such as the "lower" cells being empty of content for example, in
order to allow such kind of "partial-paste").

It is true that ATM the action described in comment 0 cannot be successfully
achieved. I am not sure we could call this "by design", but it is indeed how it
is working ATM: Calc is trying to fit the entire source column (i.e. _all_
rows, independently of content and format) onto a range that is less than one
entire column (i.e. not enough rows to paste the source).

The workaround is evident, but this is not about that; it is about how (easy)
users select different areas before performing an action (i.e. copy in this
case).

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 157120] pasting column with empty cells gives error

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--- Comment #5 from CSV  ---
Not a bug?

If this was the design intent, then there is something seriously wrong with the
attitude of the designer.

It should be obvious from my input that this behavior is unacceptable. 

The "other" famous program does not produce this output.

Get a clue.

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 157120] pasting column with empty cells gives error

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--- Comment #4 from m.a.riosv  ---
So for me not a bug, it's how it works.

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m.a.riosv  changed:

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 CC||miguelangelrv@libreoffice.o
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--- Comment #3 from m.a.riosv  ---
I think the issue is, that if you copy the whole column, it doesn't have space
to paste if the range to paste into, it is not the entire column. Because all
cells of the copied column (empty or not) are in the clipboard.

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--- Comment #2 from CSV  ---
Created attachment 189391
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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 157120] pasting column with empty cells gives error

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Xisco Faulí  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Xisco Faulí  ---
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