Bug 121748 - Feature request: look in values or comments when searching in Calc
Summary: Feature request: look in values or comments when searching in Calc
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.2.0.0.beta1+
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2018-11-28 06:25 UTC by Dan Dascalescu
Modified: 2019-01-23 15:25 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
Excel search feature: "Look in values" (265.82 KB, image/png)
2018-11-28 06:26 UTC, Dan Dascalescu
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Description Dan Dascalescu 2018-11-28 06:25:38 UTC
Description:
Apologies if this has been requested already, since it's such a basic feature, but searched have yielded nothing relevant[1].

Consider this sheet:

A1: foo
A2: bar
A3: ...
...
A181: =A1

Searching for "foo" will only find A1, but not A181. Excel has had this option since I can remember (MS Office 2003): "Look in formulas/values/comments". In Calc, it appears impossible to look in anything but formulas.


[1]: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=calc%20look%20in%20values&list_id=870950

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a sheet where A1 contains "foo" and A2 is "=A1".
2. Add a comment to A2, "foo".
2. Search for "foo".


Actual Results:
Only A1 is found.

Expected Results:
A1 and A2 should be found, if the user wishes to search in values or comments, as opposed to searching only in formulas.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Basic feature in Excel.
Comment 1 Dan Dascalescu 2018-11-28 06:26:13 UTC
Created attachment 147081 [details]
Excel search feature: "Look in values"
Comment 2 Xavier Van Wijmeersch 2018-11-28 16:45:42 UTC
with CTRL+H find and replace dialog there is a option for values and notes, so not only for formulas, idem like your attachment

Version: 6.3.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 75dd5d2e734ad9e8265b1954c7496d1ba241079e
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.19; UI render: default; VCL: kde4; 
Locale: nl-BE (en_US.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 3 Xisco Faulí 2019-01-23 15:25:50 UTC
Hello Dan,
You get this option expanding 'Other Options' in Search & Replace.
Closing as RESOLVED NOTABUG