Additional options for context menu: "copy comment" and "paste comment" As long as you have context menu items for comments, the options should be more complete.
I tested the feature on : • Operating system : Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bits. • LibreOffice : Version: 5.4.2.2 Build ID: 22b09f6418e8c2d508a9eaf86b2399209b0990f4 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.2; UI render: default; Locale: en-US (en_US); Calc: group And also on : • Operating system : Ubuntu 16.04.3 64-bits. • LibreOffice :Version: 5.4.2.2 Build ID: 22b09f6418e8c2d508a9eaf86b2399209b0990f4 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk2; Locale: ja-JP (ja_JP.UTF-8); Calc: group It's right the option of copy/paste a comment doesn't exist. Moreover, when I select only the comment box, the copy/paste exist on the context menu but grayed and not working.
It is already possible to paste only the comment using Paste special and only ticking Comments. Note that you have to use Operations: Add, if pasting to cells with existing contents so they will not be wiped out. Let's swing this by the UX team in any case.
Thanks. Note that the current method you cite is unintuitive and others have filed bugs complaining about pasting clobbering the entire cell. Adding this feature would help that problem.
Created attachment 137567 [details] Comments in Calc and Excel We provide the same options like Microsoft. Adding "copy/paste comment" to the menu would clutter it heavily. => WONTFIX If you frequently need a function like this you should rather do it per macro.
However, microsoft does not clobber the cell when you "copy special" comment, while y'all require odd unintuitive actions, so you don't actually provide the same functionality as microsoft. Also, I would add that aspiring to be no better than Microsoft may not be the best organizational credo. "Use our product: We don't do anything better than Microsoft, and some things worse."
(In reply to pb from comment #5) > However, microsoft does not clobber the cell when you "copy special" > comment, while y'all require odd unintuitive actions, so you don't actually > provide the same functionality as microsoft. > > Also, I would add that aspiring to be no better than Microsoft may not be > the best organizational credo. "Use our product: We don't do anything > better than Microsoft, and some things worse." Sure, but as discussed in bug 85989, the whole dialog should be subject to redesign.
...And, that is why I will be entering cryo-suspension until the year 2525, by which time bug 85989 will finally get assigned to someone. However, can someone provide me with the code where this is, without my needing to learn the whole check-out, test, check-in procedure? Maybe it's not that hard to add the feature I want.
(In reply to pb from comment #7) > ...And, that is why I will be entering cryo-suspension until the year 2525, > by which time bug 85989 will finally get assigned to someone. > > However, can someone provide me with the code where this is, without my > needing to learn the whole check-out, test, check-in procedure? Maybe it's > not that hard to add the feature I want. Please open another ticket and ask for .uno command to copy/paste comments. Nothing to say against having them in the main menu - in then you can configure the context menu to your liking. No idea about the code. Would rather solve the cryo thing than any issue in LibreOffice ;-).