Calc does not support selecting several words in a cell by double clicking a word and then moving the mouse to select other words. This behavior is supported by Writer and many other editors. Calc should support word selection as well. How to reproduce? 1. Paste "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit" in a cell. 2. Go into edit mode of this cell, e.g. by double click -> Cursor is blinking in the cell 3. Double click the word "ipsum" -> the word "ipsum" is selected 4. Move the cursor over "dolor" -> "ipsum dolor" is not selected, only "ipsum" is selected 5. Move the cursor over "sit" -> "ipsum dolor sit" is not selected, only "ipsum" is selected Actual: Only one word is selected Expected: Several words are selected Comparison in Writer (expected behavior) 1. Paste "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit" in a Writer document. 2. Double click the word "ipsum" -> the word "ipsum" is selected 4. Move the cursor over "dolor" -> "ipsum dolor" is selected 5. Move the cursor over "sit" -> "ipsum dolor sit" is selected
<Shift> + with Mouse click allows expanded selection, but not at word bounds. While <Ctrl>+<Shift>+R/L cursor will expand shrink selection at word bounds. Good enough? Not clear additional work is justified for Word bounds selection in Calc.
Don't think that's possible with Calc's edit engine. Would be a nice to have for conformity but definitely not needed, as Stuart pointed out. Eike, am I right and this is (much) more than an easy hack?
Very interesting, with this bug report I learned a new old feature of LibreOffice. :) I support the idea of the bug reporter. From point of UX and ideally, Calc should behave similar as Writer does. So this selection should be made available also in Calc's cell edit mode if it's technically possible. We've to wait for a Calc developer before deciding to set this bug as Wontfix or New.
Calc is not Writer.. but if someone wants to implement such Calc <-> EditEngine mouse selection behaviour enhancement, then why not.. but quite certainly not an EasyHack. Didn't dig into.
So let's do it for sake of consistency. Removing needsUX.
Thanks for your positive consideration. In my original report, I've described the word selection in a cell. The same "word selection behavior" would also be useful for the formula bar. (Maybe this is automatically given.) I'm a programmer and I'm really used to this kind of word selection. As it is fast. No fiddling with the mouse for exact positions. It seems to be a common behavior in editors. All my editors support it: Kate, Eclipse, atom.
(In reply to info from comment #6) > I'm a programmer... It would be great if you could look into the issue yourself. Eike could help out with code pointers, though it's not an easyhack.
> It would be great if you could look into the issue yourself. Thanks for the suggestion. Currently, I'm involved in other open source projects and I have not more spare time. Additionally, I'm not a C++ programmer and I do not have a C++ development environment.
Probably is very complicated to program it. But I only can tell that EVERY SPREADSHEET USER, like me, uses this very very very very often. And even more. Really, selecting words by double clicking and dragging in cell AND in the formula bar is purely needed.....