Bug 124304 - Deleting a column delete the whole table in a merged cell situation.
Summary: Deleting a column delete the whole table in a merged cell situation.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 46733
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Reported: 2019-03-24 06:51 UTC by dE
Modified: 2019-04-19 15:58 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Test case for the problem. (8.57 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2019-03-24 06:52 UTC, dE 		Details
word delete column (35.11 KB, application/pdf)
2019-03-24 08:20 UTC, Oliver Brinzing 		Details
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Description dE 2019-03-24 06:51:56 UTC 
Description:
In a table with merged cells, deleting a column, will often delete the whole table.

This's a 1.5 decade old bug -- 
https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=17245

Attaching the example explained in that bug.

Steps to Reproduce:
Open the attached document, and delete the column named 'delete this column'

Actual Results:
It deletes the whole table.

Expected Results:
Certain cells from the merged cells must be un-merged and the un-merged cells must be deleted instead; but the text must be retained in the merged cells.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No


OpenGL enabled: Yes

Additional Info:
Comment 1 dE 2019-03-24 06:52:56 UTC 
Created attachment 150245 [details]
Test case for the problem.
Comment 2 mulla.tasanim 2019-03-24 08:14:07 UTC 
Thank you for reporting the bug.

I can confirm that the bug is present in

Version: 6.2.1.2 (x64)
Build ID: 7bcb35dc3024a62dea0caee87020152d1ee96e71
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: CL


Version: 6.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)
Build ID: 91cdf22b88a4f7bec243c8fb187627e766d3294c
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
TinderBox: Win-x86_64@42, Branch:master, Time: 2019-03-08_00:38:10
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: CL
Comment 3 Oliver Brinzing 2019-03-24 08:19:48 UTC 
already reproducible with AOO 4.1.5

ms word 2016 will not delete the table, adding screenshot
Comment 4 Oliver Brinzing 2019-03-24 08:20:17 UTC 
Created attachment 150246 [details]
word delete column
Comment 5 Buovjaga 2019-04-19 15:58:37 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 46733 ***