Bug 148164

Summary: Calc - Not so obvious to apply multiple borderstyles to a group of cells
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Arnold Huzen <arnold.huzen>
Component: CalcAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: libreoffice-ux-advise
Priority: medium Keywords: needsUXEval
Version: 7.3.1.3 release   
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)   
OS: Windows (All)   
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Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
Attachments: Situation after setting the outer border style and selecting the horizontal inner
Situation after setting the horizontal border and selecting the vertical
Situation after clicking the horizontal border for the second time

Description Arnold Huzen 2022-03-24 18:44:59 UTC
Description:
If a user wants to set different borderstyles to a group of cells it is not obvious how to do so.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select a group of cells (at least 2x2).
2. Open the cell formatting dialog (Ctrl+1).
3. Select the double-line border and set as the outer border using the button at the top of the screen.
4. Select the horizontal inner line of the group and select the single-line border.
5. Select the vertical inner line of the group.
6. Click OK and see the result. Only the vertical inner line has a single-line border.
7. Repeat steps 1 to 5.
8. Click on the horizontal inner line again. 
9. Click OK and see the result. Now both horizontal and vertical inner lines have a single-line border.

Actual Results:
The result at step 6 is what I would logically do, but it results in a horizontal inner border with a double-line.

Expected Results:
The result at step 9 is what I would expect to be the state at step 6.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
I discovered this behaviour after reading a question on the LibreOffice User Group on Facebook.
Comment 1 Arnold Huzen 2022-03-24 18:46:46 UTC
Created attachment 179084 [details]
Situation after setting the outer border style and selecting the horizontal inner
Comment 2 Arnold Huzen 2022-03-24 18:47:41 UTC
Created attachment 179085 [details]
Situation after setting the horizontal border and selecting the vertical
Comment 3 Arnold Huzen 2022-03-24 18:48:25 UTC
Created attachment 179086 [details]
Situation after clicking the horizontal border for the second time
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2023-01-02 12:05:49 UTC
I tried to find something similar, but only found bug 103770 which is for the toolbar button.
Comment 5 Heiko Tietze 2023-01-04 09:51:37 UTC
The widget has a triple state / overloaded functionality: you select one or more borders to manipulate the attributes at once. And you can quickly change it on/off. I voted for simplification in bug 143249.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 143249 ***