Bug 129286 - Formatting one cell causes cells to its right to change
Summary: Formatting one cell causes cells to its right to change
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.2.2.2 release
Hardware: Other Windows (All)
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Reported: 2019-12-09 02:01 UTC by Peter Davis
Modified: 2019-12-10 17:43 UTC (History)
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Description Peter Davis 2019-12-09 02:01:28 UTC
Description:
I often create Calc spreadsheet entries with a date in one cell and number amount in the cell to its right, but when I enter a number it wrongly converts it to a date. If I paste a new format into the cell, then enter the number again, it again wrongly transforms it to a date. I have to clear the format, enter the number, then reassign the font, size etc. In testing this for this bug report I found it does the same for $number in left cell, forces $ to a number in right cell. This is propagated to the right for as many entries as I try. The software  may be trying to be user friendly but it is just the opposite in this case. LibreOffice Version: 6.2.2.2 (x64)on WIN 10
Build ID: 2b840030fec2aae0fd2658d8d4f9548af4e3518d


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open new Calc sheet pick, random cell in middle enter a number - fine
2.Select cell to right, right click, format cell, date, enter a date
3.Now type a number in cell to right of that one and it will become a date instead. Keep entering above or below or near it and it will change them to dates as you enter unless you click at least one blank cell away first.


Actual Results:
                  123
 123   5/6/30     123         $123      123         Manual Entries
                 [05/02/00]
[123] [05/06/30] [05/02/00]  [$123.00] [$123.00]    Cell Results

Expected Results:
                  123
 123   5/6/30     123    $123      123        Manual Entries
                 [123]
[123] [05/06/30] [123]  [$123.00] [123.00]    Cell Results


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Comment 1 Durgapriyanka 2019-12-09 15:21:06 UTC
Thank you for reporting the bug. I can not reproduce this in
Version: 6.4.0.0.alpha1+ (x86)
Build ID: ec7374ff84c71edfbb30d6e4dc5b486b6df7107f
CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
TinderBox: Win-x86@42, Branch:master, Time: 2019-11-10_21:37:30
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 2 Oliver Brinzing 2019-12-09 17:21:34 UTC
Thank you for reporting the bug.

Please attach a sample document, as this makes it easier for us to verify the bug. 
(Please note that the attachment will be public, remove any sensitive information before attaching it. 

See https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FAQ#How_can_I_eliminate_confidential_data_from_a_sample_document.3F for help on how to do so.)

I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' once the requested document is provided.
Comment 3 m_a_riosv 2019-12-09 23:13:12 UTC
If I'm not wrong it's only a matter of disable the option:
Menu/Tools/Options/LibreOffice calc/General - Input settings - Expand formatting.
Comment 4 Oliver Brinzing 2019-12-10 17:43:30 UTC
(In reply to m.a.riosv from comment #3)
> If I'm not wrong it's only a matter of disable the option:
> Menu/Tools/Options/LibreOffice calc/General - Input settings - Expand
> formatting.

Yes, i can reproduce only with enabled option "Expand formatting".