Bug 74378

Summary:	UI: Add "Edit Cell Contents" to cell context menu
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	dg1727 <dg1727>
Component:	Calc	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOTABUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	sophi
Priority:	medium
Version:	4.1.4.2 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description dg1727 2014-02-02 13:49:36 UTC

Please add an entry called "Edit Cell Contents..." (or similar) to the context menu that appears when the user right-clicks a cell in Calc.  

The intent is for this to be combined with the solution to bug 74377 (add keyboard shortcut text to the menu) so that the F2 key will be named in some visible place in the UI.  

The F2 key is very frequently used by advanced users who navigate from cell to cell by means of the cursor keys, Tab key, etc..  One of the usability problems (in my opinion) with a widely used commercial office software suite is that that software (at least many versions of it) doesn't let users know the keyboard shortcut for Edit Cell Contents, so it may take a long time for a novice user to find out that F2 can be used for this.  LO should do better than that.  

I'm using LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 on Ubuntu 13.04.

Comment 1 Ady 2014-02-03 05:18:14 UTC

The right-click functions provided by default in Calc should be the most-commonly used and useful ones.

There are very simple ways already available for the user to edit the cell contents. Cluttering the context menu with a function / feature that is already easily available seems to me a waste, or even counterproductive.

There are lots of keyboard shortcuts available, and there are several ways to find out about them.

In my experience, spreadsheet users learn about specific keyboard shortcuts when they have to repeat the same procedure again and again, so they look for a keyboard shortcut for *that* specific procedure.

Cluttering the default context menu just to make one particular keyboard shortcut more visible is not a good-enough reason, specially when the same function is already easily available with alternative procedures, such as directly clicking on the formula bar (among others).

Comment 2 sophie 2014-02-03 16:10:21 UTC

There is no need to add this information to a contextual menu. The list for shorcuts is in the Help and also displayed under Tools > Customize. Closing - Sophie