Bug 146544

Summary:	EDITING Table Design doesn't Format Multiple Fields
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	flywire <flywire0>
Component:	Base	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	iplaw67
Priority:	low
Version:	3.3.0 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Crash report or crash signature:		Regression By:
Attachments:	Simple Base Demo Database

Description flywire 2022-01-03 12:00:14 UTC

Created attachment 177277 [details]
Simple Base Demo Database

Description:
Field Properties and Format Field not applied to multiple fields selected in Table Design

Steps to Reproduce:
1) Open attached Demo0.mdb
2) Right-click on Tasks table, Edit
3) Select EndDate and StartDate Fields
4) Format Field, Date: 12/99, OK
5) Select EndDate Field, Format Field - Format unchanged
5) Select StartDate Field, Format Field - Format changed

Actual Results:
Only the last selected field reformatted

Expected Results:
Users commonly need to change properties and reformat many fields identically. Table Design change Field Properties and Format for all fields if Multiple fields selected.

Reproducible: Always

User Profile Reset: No

Version: 7.3.0.1 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 840fe2f57ae5ad80d62bfa6e25550cb10ddabd1d
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-AU (en_AU); UI: en-GB
Calc: threaded

Comment 1 Alex Thurgood 2022-01-03 14:47:12 UTC

Confirming, this is inherited from OOo and has always been this way, but agree that it would be nice to have.

Setting as RFE.