Bug 131457 - Writer: Copy and paste in DDE from Calc deletes all table data (workaround: paste unformatted)
Summary: Writer: Copy and paste in DDE from Calc deletes all table data (workaround: p...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
: low minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Paste-Special Files-Linked
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Reported: 2020-03-21 08:35 UTC by info
Modified: 2023-08-02 17:38 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Working on this table destroys data (28.23 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2020-03-21 08:36 UTC, info
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Description info 2020-03-21 08:35:18 UTC
Description:
Table (pasted as DDE from a LibreOffice Calc worksheet) is completely broken

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open document
2. Copy "part number" (A1)
3. paste, to A3

Actual Results:
All table data gone
Undo does nothing

Expected Results:
Pasted data


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Sometimes also gives !!br0ken!!
Comment 1 info 2020-03-21 08:36:44 UTC
Created attachment 158846 [details]
Working on this table destroys data
Comment 2 Oliver Brinzing 2020-03-22 06:06:49 UTC
(In reply to info from comment #0)
> Description:
> Table (pasted as DDE from a LibreOffice Calc worksheet) is completely broken

Reproducible, but it will work, if you break the link before copy & paste via Menu Edit/Link to External Files.../[Break Link]

I'm not sure if this is an issue.
Comment 3 Timur 2020-03-22 19:27:37 UTC
I'm also not sure, but repro 7.0+. Inherited. 
Maybe there should be a warning. Anyway, table content shouldn't disappear.
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2022-03-23 03:38:22 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-08-02 17:38:39 UTC
Reproduced in recent master build:

Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 47ca3f1f762352b488d58b3bf23d5776576f1cca
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

(In reply to Timur from comment #3)
> Maybe there should be a warning. Anyway, table content shouldn't disappear.

Requested in bug 43784.