Description: Impress -- cannot delete table once created Steps to Reproduce: 1.Open empty Impress presentation 2.Select Insert > Table, click OK 3.Hit Delete to attempt delete the table Actual Results: Table remains Expected Results: Table should be deleted (only table contents is deleted) Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 7.0.2.2 (x64) Build ID: 8349ace3c3162073abd90d81fd06dcfb6b36b994 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: pl-PL (pl_PL); UI: pl-PL Calc: threaded
Repro on 6.4.6.2 (x64) Wersja: 6.4.6.2 (x64) Identyfikator kompilacji: 0ce51a4fd21bff07a5c061082cc82c5ed232f115 Wątki CPU: 4; System operacyjny: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; Render UI: domyślny; VCL: win; Ustawienia regionalne: pl-PL (pl_PL); Język UI: pl-PL Calc: threaded
No repro, Delete works. Do you select the table before Delete? Please make a screencast, like with Camstudio.
Will try to prepare Screencast. So far I can see that I can select the table in two modes: - one where the table stays with (default) grey cells, surrounded by selection frame (and in this case, DEL removes the table) - this one is hard to achieve - the other one, where the entire table area becomes "ocean blue", surrounded by selection frame (where DEL does not remove the table). Either clicking on the table edge (where the cursor changes to 4-direction arrows), or dragging with mouse around the table, selects it in the "blue" mode (where I can't delete the table).
Created attachment 166394 [details] Screencast showing the behaviour Initially I do insert a table into empty slide Just after inserting I try to hit Del to delete table - no effect Then I use "Cut" tool to delete table - no effect Then I try to find the spot to mark the table without making it "Blue"; once manage to select it this way, I can finally delete the table.
[Automated Action] NeedInfo-To-Unconfirmed
I would say that table can be deleted, and it's not hard to archive, so I don't confirm the bug as reported. But instead of closing bug as NotABug, I'd rather confirm as documentation issue to improve current help, which doesn't explain details from Comment 3: https://help.libreoffice.org/7.1/en-US/text/swriter/guide/table_select.html I also add UX for input.
fred4u, please See Also bugs. Even if your original problem is a duplicate, this bug better stay open for Documentation issue.
Checked the "See also" section. Probably this is "The underlying issue is that the table can't be deleted if the table cells are selected." That means, the way to properly select/deselect such object as a table is plain wrong. In most cases, users expect that clicking on the frame selects the object as a whole. If one wants to select the contents of the table, it's usually "drag over table cells" operation. And even then, it would be reasonable to delete the table if user selects EMPTY table and hits DEL. This way, one could remove the table by using DEL two times (first one deletes contents, second one deletes table). Now it's really tricky to "properly" select it. It's not intuitive at all. No amount of manuals will fix that, users should not have to read manuals to use simple GUI based tool, and for such a simple operation as removing an embedded object from a document.
Selecting a table seems to select all cells rather than the table: bug only if you start from the canvas, if the cursor is in a cell and you click on the frame, the table is selected, meaning no col/row shown in the Delete (context) menu but delete key works as expected. If that's true we can easily change the behavior. But I would make this ticket a duplicate of one of the see-also bugs.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 78326 ***