| Summary: | "Data" -> "Validity": represent boolean values with a checkbox | ||
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| Product: | LibreOffice | Reporter: | c.buhtz |
| Component: | Calc | Assignee: | Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs> |
| Status: | RESOLVED WONTFIX | ||
| Severity: | enhancement | CC: | heiko.tietze, miguelangelrv, raal, timur, xiscofauli |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 5.4.0.3 release | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | All | ||
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| Crash report or crash signature: | Regression By: | ||
| Bug Depends on: | |||
| Bug Blocks: | 108988 | ||
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Description
c.buhtz
2017-08-10 20:09:02 UTC
Thank you for making LO better. But please have in mind that those who read this bug may not use or know exactly what you meant. So, please give exact steps and reproduced/expected result. And explain this with dropdown menu. Created attachment 135565 [details]
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This is how "Data -> Validity" works with a "cell range". It creates a dropdown menu for each cell.
Created attachment 135566 [details]
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In that list should be a new feature for boolean values. And in the cell this should represented as a checkbox.
Data-Validity-Criteria-Allow now also has "Cell range" with "Show selection list". If you write "true" and "false" or "0" and "1" you may apply that cell range and get dropdown menu with those 2 values. If this satisfies your need, than this is "NotABug". If not, please explain why, with exact scenario that shows a need for additional "Boolean" option. Dear Bug Submitter, This bug has been in NEEDINFO status with no change for at least 6 months. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDINFO status with no change in 30 days the QA team will close the bug as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to lack of needed information. For more information about our NEEDINFO policy please read the wiki located here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Bugzilla/Fields/Status/NEEDINFO If you have already provided the requested information, please mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED so that the QA team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed. Thank you for helping us make LibreOffice even better for everyone! Warm Regards, QA Team MassPing-NeedInfo-Ping-20180302 Your provided workaround doesn't fit my needs. My request was for a real checkbox to represent boolean values in a cell. You can't confirm your own bugs. Moving it back to UNCONFIRMED until someone else confirms it. it is answered in comment #6 (In reply to c.buhtz from comment #9) > it is answered in comment #6 Answer this: please explain why, with exact scenario that shows a need for additional "Boolean" option. The scenario / use case is important to know. You offered a drop down menu. This makes to much clicks. And a drop down is not suited to display dichotome values. A checkbox would easy this and would be more "natural". (In reply to c.buhtz from comment #0) > ..... > I know you can use the "Checkbox" button from the "Form Controls" toolbar. > But such a control doesn't appear as the content of a cell. I would like to > have checkboxes for each cell in on column. Form checkbox can be linked to a cell. So it should be a solution for your request. It's true that a checkbox has less clicks than a dropdown. But for what reason should Calc accept only a very restricted set? Bool is defined as 0/1 or 0/-1 or 0/!0 depending on the language. We would have to take one option. And in the end it's not clear why this option is needed beyond completeness in relation to variables. |