Joe Smith wrote:
Terry wrote:
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Any idea what was in the fix?
...
It seems that the matter has not been fixed. There is this later
issue which has been marked as "wontfix":
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=35121
I looked at the attachment: ...
It means nothing to me. I could not find an issue for the version
2.0.x series. It may be timely to file one.
The "fix" in issue 3875 was simply to allow Ctrl+click to highlight a
single cell under certain circumstances. Here is the description from
the patch for issue 3875:
// #i3875# *Hack* When a new cell is Ctrl-clicked with no
// pre-selected cells, it highlights that new cell as well
// as the old cell where the cursor is positioned prior to
// the click. A selection mode via Shift-F8 should also
// follow the same behavior.
And this is true for 2.0.x: If you want to drag the current cell, you
can Shift+ or Ctrl+click it to highlight it. Whether this is any
easier than doing a quick mouse shuffle is doubtful.
Issue 35121 is simply the same modification "back-ported" to the last
stable 1.x version, for people who can not upgrade to 2.x.
As 3875 is closed WONTFIX, I don't think we'll be seeing any changes.
It's a shame as fixing this would be major usability enhancement.
<Joe
Opinions obviously differ, but I certainly don't know if I'd consider
fixing this to be a "major usability enhancement". Once a user knows the
procedure of selecting two cells, then sliding back so that only one is
selected, it takes about a half a second to do.
As Joe indicated, it's doubtful whether allowing the option of shift
clicking or Ctrl clicking would really be any easier.
It WOULD be an advantage to not require any of the above (just allow you
to select a cell, and then drag it), since that would be the behavior
that an Excel user would expect (and therefore one fewer difference to
overcome when moving from Excel to Calc). But once one knows how to drag
and drop a single cell in Calc, it really is (to my simple mind anyway)
totally trivial to execute it.
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