Bug 138506 - Retain modified style format (instead of using the default built-in style format) when copy cell range and paste as GDI format in Draw
Summary: Retain modified style format (instead of using the default built-in style for...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.2.0.3 release
Hardware: All All
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Blocks: Calc-Styles
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Reported: 2020-11-26 09:42 UTC by Kevin Suo
Modified: 2023-05-13 11:28 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Attachments
Test ODS file (15.54 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet)
2020-11-26 09:42 UTC, Kevin Suo
Details
Comparison of Expected and Current Result PDF (70.71 KB, application/pdf)
2020-11-27 03:26 UTC, Kevin Suo
Details
Screenshot of the result when pasted to a new spreadsheet (12.29 KB, image/png)
2020-11-27 11:21 UTC, Ming Hua
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Description Kevin Suo 2020-11-26 09:42:03 UTC
Created attachment 167585 [details]
Test ODS file

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the attached ODS file; Select range A1:B18, ctrl+C.
2. Ctrl+Shift+V to Draw as GDI foramt.

Current Result:
Pasted GDI format gets cell styles reverted back to the default built-in cell styles in Calc.

Expected Result:
The styles as shown in the ODS file should be used. Those styles were edited with some customs attributes.

Version: 7.1.0.0.beta1+
Build ID: f3e7e5a6aa4d3eafb584f5d22c1a31bb0a3dd496
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.9; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: zh-CN (zh_CN.UTF-8); UI: zh-CN
Calc: threaded

See also bug 138505 which may be related.
Comment 1 Kevin Suo 2020-11-26 10:02:22 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 2 Xisco Faulí 2020-11-26 10:10:49 UTC
Not reproduced in

Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: f981f756e1509ac0a39cd618316cfe3befd5923a
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.7; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

nor in

Version: 7.1.0.0.beta1+
Build ID: f3e7e5a6aa4d3eafb584f5d22c1a31bb0a3dd496
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.7; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 3 Kevin Suo 2020-11-27 01:45:37 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 Kevin Suo 2020-11-27 02:10:16 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 Ming Hua 2020-11-27 02:35:29 UTC
The expected behavior should be that the pasted image keeps the style as in Calc, i.e. consistent font size for western and Asian text, black text and white background, right?

If I'm understanding that correctly, then I can reproduce with an old version of master (2020-11-12, pre 7-1 branching), regardless of experimental feature being on or off:
Version: 7.1.0.0.alpha1+ (x64)
Build ID: 693553210828538680408832157faad9654758c8
CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: zh-CN (zh_CN); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

For me, the pasted GDI format image always reverts to the default style, with colored background and text, Chinese text smaller than English text for Heading and Heading 1, etc.  Exeperimental feature turned on or off give the same result.
Comment 6 Kevin Suo 2020-11-27 03:26:58 UTC
Created attachment 167603 [details]
Comparison of Expected and Current Result PDF
Comment 7 Kevin Suo 2020-11-27 03:32:44 UTC
Already broken in:
    2019-11-13 16:51:24 +0100 9bc848cf0d301aa57eabcffa101a1cf87bad6470

Set to NEW per comment 5.
Comment 8 Xisco Faulí 2020-11-27 09:16:43 UTC
Hello Kevin, Ming,
I'm confused at this point. Do you both reproduce what it shown in the comparison image ?
Comment 9 Ming Hua 2020-11-27 09:49:00 UTC
(In reply to Xisco Faulí from comment #8)
> Hello Kevin, Ming,
> I'm confused at this point. Do you both reproduce what it shown in the
> comparison image ?
Yes, actually, I can always reproduce the "current result" on the right in Kevin's PDF, when paste as GDI.  Not only in master, but also in 6.4.7:
Version: 6.4.7.2 (x64)
Build ID: 639b8ac485750d5696d7590a72ef1b496725cfb5
CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: zh-CN (zh_CN); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

I get the "expected result" on the left when paste as BMP.
Comment 10 Ming Hua 2020-11-27 10:06:42 UTC
Did a little more testing.

Pasting as "LibreOffice 6.4 Spreadsheet" also gives wrong result.

I was thinking of maybe the difference is having CJK enabled (Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages > "Asian" checkbox), but it seems I can not turn it off for my 6.4.7 on Windows.  If I uncheck the box and restart LO, it will be checked again.  But Xisco maybe you can try reproducing with it turned on?
Comment 11 Kevin Suo 2020-11-27 10:20:23 UTC
Below are some sal_warnings appeared at the paste stage:

warn:legacy.osl:1176726:1176726:svx/source/svdraw/svdmrkv1.cxx:310: SdrMarkView::UndirtyMrkPnt(): Selected points on an object that is not a PolyObj!
warn:legacy.osl:1176726:1176726:svx/source/dialog/rulritem.cxx:677: Wrong MemberId
warn:legacy.tools:1176726:1176726:sfx2/source/control/statcach.cxx:398: setting state of dirty message
warn:vcl.gdi:1176726:1176726:vcl/headless/svpgdi.cxx:133: unsupported SvpSalGraphics::blendAlphaBitmap case
warn:sd.core:1176726:1176726:sd/source/core/PageListWatcher.cxx:95: ImpPageListWatcher::GetSdPage(PageKind::Standard): page number 1 >= 1


Already reproduced in 
Version: 6.3.2.0.0+
Build ID: 55dbf08740ffefd6dd08d4bcea0638a15117dc65

> I was thinking of maybe the difference is having CJK enabled
No, changing UI language to English (United States) does not help, and neither changing the locale settings. I tried with bibisect-linux-64-6.3 repo which does not have any other language enabled.
Comment 12 Ming Hua 2020-11-27 10:37:35 UTC
I can now confirm the regression as well.

Good in 5.2.7:
Version: 5.2.7.2 (x64)
Build ID: 2b7f1e640c46ceb28adf43ee075a6e8b8439ed10
CPU Threads: 2; OS Version: Windows 6.19; UI Render: default; 
Locale: zh-CN (zh_CN); Calc: group

Bad in 6.2.8:
Version: 6.2.8.2 (x64)
Build ID: f82ddfca21ebc1e222a662a32b25c0c9d20169ee
CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: zh-CN (zh_CN); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 13 Ming Hua 2020-11-27 10:41:04 UTC
(In reply to Kevin Suo from comment #11)
> > I was thinking of maybe the difference is having CJK enabled
> No, changing UI language to English (United States) does not help, and
> neither changing the locale settings. I tried with bibisect-linux-64-6.3
> repo which does not have any other language enabled.
FWIW, what I talked about (CJK support in formatting and styles) is not the same thing as the UI language.  I can enable CJK (and CTL) support even in English UI.
Comment 14 Kevin Suo 2020-11-27 10:49:28 UTC
It is the same when paste to a new Calc document. As I said, the test document has modified built-in styles applied to the cells, and in a new Calc document, the built-in styles are still with default formats, so when pasting, the application does not update the styles in target.

While I strongly support the current behaviour when pasting in a new spreadsheet file, I do suggest to following the modified source style formats when pasting as GDI image file. So this seems to be an enhancement request.

Xisco Faulí: I think you should 100% reproduce this. If not, there must be some steps not correct.

@Ming Hua: You stated it is good in 5.2.7, could you try to see if the styles are updated when paste in a new spreadsheet? Or is it because 5.2.7 does not have some of the built-in styles thus treated them as direct formatting?
Comment 15 Ming Hua 2020-11-27 11:21:55 UTC
Created attachment 167616 [details]
Screenshot of the result when pasted to a new spreadsheet

(In reply to Kevin Suo from comment #14)
> @Ming Hua: You stated it is good in 5.2.7, could you try to see if the
> styles are updated when paste in a new spreadsheet? Or is it because 5.2.7
> does not have some of the built-in styles thus treated them as direct
> formatting?
An empty new spreadsheet in 5.2.7 only has four built-in styles: Heading, Heading1, Result, and Result2.

So when pasted to a new spreadsheet (using just Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V), the result is... interesting.  Screenshot attached.

It seems "Heading" and "Result", which are built-in styles, reverted to pre-modified setting.  The other styles kept the customized setting.

I also double-checked the result of pasting as GDI into Draw.  There everything kept the customized setting.  So in 5.2.7 I'm getting different result when pasting into Calc vs. pasting as GDI into Draw.
Comment 16 Heiko Tietze 2020-12-03 12:07:52 UTC
Clearly a bug to me. Pasting content does not respect the actual cell style, if existing. Happens for Calc object and for GDI.

We changed the cell styles and prior this version you just don't have good/bad/error etc. For testing purpose I'd add another cell style "Foo" - this is taken as defined into the target.
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