Bug 116303 - Merge cells toolbar button in Writer is inactive when cell selection doesn't move cursor
Summary: Merge cells toolbar button in Writer is inactive when cell selection doesn't ...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: low minor
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Blocks: Cell-Management
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Reported: 2018-03-09 04:52 UTC by Aron Budea
Modified: 2023-02-12 10:34 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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2018-03-09 04:52 UTC, Aron Budea
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Description Aron Budea 2018-03-09 04:52:09 UTC
Created attachment 140494 [details]
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1. Create an eg. 5x5 table in Writer.
2. You should be in the first cell, if not, click into the first cell.
3. Select row/column either by clicking before/above the cell, or using the menu.

=> The Merge Cells toolbar button is inactive (see screenshot).
Same with Optimize Size.

If you select eg. 2nd column instead when the cursor is in the first cell, then Merge Cells becomes active correctly.
Menu item Table -> Merge Cells activates/deactivates correctly.

Reproduced using LO 6.0.2.1 & 3.3.0 / Windows 7.
Comment 1 Jacques Guilleron 2018-03-09 09:58:05 UTC
Hi Aron,

I don't reproduce with
LO 6.0.2.1 Build ID: f7f06a8f319e4b62f9bc5095aa112a65d2f3ac89
Threads CPU : 2; OS : Windows 6.1; UI Render : par défaut; 
Locale : fr-FR (fr_FR); Calc: CL
Did you try to Restart in Safe Mode... in Help Menu?
Comment 2 Aron Budea 2018-03-09 14:25:13 UTC
Hi Jacques, thanks for giving it a try! I tried now, but there's no difference.
Comment 3 Dieter 2018-03-09 14:36:03 UTC
I also can't reproduce it with

Version: 6.1.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)
Build ID: d64ce643275e0b2b0dea9e532fc261391dc8793c
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: GL; 
TinderBox: Win-x86_64@42, Branch:master, Time: 2018-03-01_03:24:30
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); Calc: CL
Comment 4 Aron Budea 2018-03-09 15:22:58 UTC
Let's try with an even more specific example.
- Start Writer.
- Create an eg. 5x5 table. The caret should automatically end up in the first cell.
- Move the mouse cursor slightly above the first cell, so the ↓ (downwards arrow) appears, and click to select the column.
- Check if Merge Cells is enabled in the toolbar.

=> It's not enabled.
Comment 5 Buovjaga 2018-03-12 19:23:08 UTC
(In reply to Aron Budea from comment #4)
> Let's try with an even more specific example.
> - Start Writer.
> - Create an eg. 5x5 table. The caret should automatically end up in the
> first cell.
> - Move the mouse cursor slightly above the first cell, so the ↓ (downwards
> arrow) appears, and click to select the column.
> - Check if Merge Cells is enabled in the toolbar.
> 
> => It's not enabled.

Repro.

Arch Linux 64-bit
Version: 6.1.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: de53d4690d25b9f1bbc0def6c66ce5b45b2fdc96
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: kde4; 
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: group
Built on March 12th 2018
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2019-03-13 03:46:25 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 Dieter 2019-03-13 08:08:16 UTC
Still repro in

Version: 6.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)
Build ID: 91cdf22b88a4f7bec243c8fb187627e766d3294c
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
TinderBox: Win-x86_64@42, Branch:master, Time: 2019-03-08_00:38:10
Locale: en-US (de_DE); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 8 Dieter 2021-02-11 19:41:18 UTC
Still present in

Version: 7.1.0.3 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: f6099ecf3d29644b5008cc8f48f42f4a40986e4c
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2023-02-12 03:20:52 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 10 Dieter 2023-02-12 10:34:07 UTC
Still present in

Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: a834bbad8295cba0ca88a91a524aad48640271ec
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL threaded

Additional observation
Merge icon is active in menu (Table -> Merge Cells)
If you select second row and then (only) first row, merge button is active.