Bug 121543 - Selected sell deleted in assistant
Summary: Selected sell deleted in assistant
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL:
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Keywords: needsUXEval
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2018-11-20 11:17 UTC by hug.charlotte@gmail.com
Modified: 2019-11-25 11:23 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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the cell is selected, the cursor should be one step forward to allow typing directly (59.49 KB, image/png)
2018-11-20 11:19 UTC, hug.charlotte@gmail.com
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Description hug.charlotte@gmail.com 2018-11-20 11:17:04 UTC
Description:
When using the assistant, if I select a cell and then want to complete the parameter, the cursor is on the selected cell, I have to move forward the cursor to type the rest of the parameter. If I don't move forward the cursor, the selected cell is deleted.
It's very unconvenient for beginners that do not understand why the selected cell disappears when typing the rest of the parameter.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open assistant
2.select a function
3.select a cell
4. the cursor is on the selected cell
5. start typing : the selected cell disappears

Actual Results:
the selected cell disappears because the cursor is on it

Expected Results:
the cursor should be after the selected cell to continue typing the parameters without having to move it manually


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 6.0.7.3 (x64)
Build ID: dc89aa7a9eabfd848af146d5086077aeed2ae4a5
Threads CPU : 2; OS : Windows 6.1; UI Render : par défaut; 
Locale : fr-FR (fr_FR); Calc: group
Comment 1 hug.charlotte@gmail.com 2018-11-20 11:19:12 UTC
Created attachment 146819 [details]
the cell is selected, the cursor should be one step forward to allow typing directly
Comment 2 Oliver Brinzing 2018-11-20 11:34:33 UTC
already reproducible with OOo, but I am not sure if this can be seen as a bug.
Comment 3 hug.charlotte@gmail.com 2018-11-23 21:55:45 UTC
I just see it as very non user friendly.

How having the cell selected should help the user ?
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2019-11-24 03:36:04 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 Roman Kuznetsov 2019-11-24 07:55:55 UTC
behavior repro in

Версия: 6.5.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)
ID сборки: 32dcf3f0fdafcf44457842a8aa4f54d30d856ca9
Потоков ЦП: 4; ОС:Windows 10.0 Build 17763; Отрисовка ИП: GL; VCL: win; 
Локаль: ru-RU (ru_RU); Язык интерфейса: ru-RU
Calc: threaded

I'm not sure it's a bug

UX-team what do you think?
Comment 6 Heiko Tietze 2019-11-25 07:17:21 UTC
After the cell picker is closed (respectively the shrunken wizard becomes expanded again), the focus is on the reference field with full selection. It provides the ability to change the referenced range manually into a larger number. Full selection makes it also possible to change the reference completely.

The behavior is wanted and working well => NAB.
Comment 7 hug.charlotte@gmail.com 2019-11-25 10:10:40 UTC
I do not see this way :

I use Libre Office Calc everyday with my students and in my job.

I use the wizard to ease my tasks and work more efficiently.

1 - select cell through wizard
2 - move cursor after the focus
3 - enter the rest of the parameters

is longer than :
1 - select cell through wizard
2 - enter the rest of the parameters

The argument of changing the cell is not right to me : there are more chances of selecting the right cells directly, than needing to correct them.

In case of wrong selection, users need to select the reference field and select the right cells again.

The case of good use should prevail over the case of misuse. 

I don't know if I am clear.