Bug 113177 - Can't select part of cell in read-only Calc spreadsheet
Summary: Can't select part of cell in read-only Calc spreadsheet
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.1.0.4 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Read-Only
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Reported: 2017-10-17 09:24 UTC by Dan Dascalescu
Modified: 2025-05-13 03:10 UTC (History)
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Description Dan Dascalescu 2017-10-17 09:24:28 UTC
Description:
Selecting with (ctrl+)shift+arrows doesn't work within cells if a spreadsheet is opened in read-only mode

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open an .XLS file in read-only mode
2. Press F2 on a cell
3. Press Sfit+Left/Right arrow, or Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right arrow

Actual Results:  
Nothing

Expected Results:
Select part of the cell


Reproducible: Always

User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:


User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/61.0.3163.100 Safari/537.36
Comment 1 raal 2017-10-17 16:33:05 UTC
confirmed in Version: 6.0.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 616f21db9e50a77b0c02dfb123f871a742f46216
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3;

and LO 4.1
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2018-10-18 02:49:16 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 mattia.b89 2019-02-02 22:01:01 UTC
Confirmed in

Version: 6.1.4.2
Build ID: 6.1.4-4
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.20; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: it-IT (en_GB.UTF-8); Calc: group threaded
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2021-02-02 03:50:15 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2023-02-03 03:22:16 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 ady 2023-02-04 12:27:25 UTC
Still repro

Version: 7.4.4.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 85569322deea74ec9134968a29af2df5663baa21
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19044; UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (es_AR); UI: en-US
Calc: CL

FWIW, the following is working:
_ CTRL-A (i.e. complete text in formula bar or in cell);
_ selecting (either partially or complete text in formula bar or in cell) with mouse;

And, after selecting, CTRL-C also works.

What is still not working is, as reported, selection of part of the text be means of keyboard ([CTRL+]SHIFT+ARROWS) while in Read-only mode.
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2025-05-13 03:10:53 UTC
Dear Dan Dascalescu,

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