Bug 139051 - Feedback: Text align based on numbers positional value instead of just Left, Right or Center alignment. FORMATTING
Summary: Feedback: Text align based on numbers positional value instead of just Left, ...
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
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7.0.3.1 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2020-12-18 23:19 UTC by Sion
Modified: 2022-02-28 03:27 UTC (History)
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Description Sion 2020-12-18 23:19:48 UTC
Description:
Feedback for at least Libre Calc, but can likely be useful in Doc too.

(hopefully this form keeps the formatting here, otherwise it looks wired)
[] <-- data cells (read the underline as a space, just in case the formatting is ruined).

Data example: (currently: right aligned (Ctrl+R), it's harder to read)
[____1,0_]
[_123,00_]
[_____12_]
[__1,001_]

My proposal is a new alignment that is based on the numbers positional value instead, like this:
[___1,0___]
[_123,00__]
[__12_____]
[___1,001_]

As you can see, all "ones" numbers, and "tens" & "hundreds" numbers are lined up, so it's easier to read & much harder to misread a numbers value (like misreading 1,001 as 1001 instead).

Hope this is explained clearly enough, and it helps to improve Libre Calc.



Steps to Reproduce:
Not applicable.
I guess: Type random values in a column & try to align them.


Actual Results:
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Expected Results:
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Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



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Comment 1 Roman Kuznetsov 2021-07-30 14:36:01 UTC
You can use an answer in that question https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/222839/align-decimal-points/

Please try it and say us if it helped you
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2022-01-28 03:58:12 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2022-02-28 03:27:39 UTC
Dear Sion,

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