Description: Must note again - this bug report is for *Writer* There doesn't seem to be a way to delete just one cell in tables. Right-clicking in a cell calls up the usual table commands, but the Delete command shows only Rows, Columns, Table. There's no apparent way to delete a single cell from a table. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set text cursor into a cell of a table in Writer. Right-click. 2. Move mouse cursor to Delete. 3. Another menu appears... but with no option to delete a single cell. Only Rows, Columns, Table. Actual Results: Nothing. There doesn't appear to be a way to delete a single cell. Expected Results: Delete menu should show Rows, Columns, Cell, Table. Problem can be bypassed another way - by way of adding a hotkey or table menu command. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Made a blind pick regarding Version. The correct one does not appear above. It is Libre Office 7.2.4 Win 64 bit. The Help section states the obvious, but I'm suspicious that it refers to a different program of yours - one that emulates MS Excel instead of MS Word. I cannot find a Sheet menu or Sheet command in Writer. Help Page Text follows. Delete Cells Completely deletes selected cells, columns or rows. The cells below or to the right of the deleted cells will fill the space. Note that the selected delete option is stored and reloaded when the dialog is next called. To access this command... Choose Sheet - Delete Cells. Delete cells dialog Selection This area contains options for specifying how sheets are displayed after deleting cells. Shift cells up Fills the space produced by the deleted cells with the cells underneath it. Shift cells left Fills the resulting space by the cells to the right of the deleted cells. Delete entire row(s) After selecting at least one cell, deletes the entire row from the sheet. Delete entire column(s) After selecting at least one cell, deletes the entire column from the sheet.
There is a reason and an obvious way to delete a single cell in Calc. Hence there is such a function, and relevant documentation *there*. Namely, since Calc sheet *at all times* consists of a fixed number of columns and rows (even joining cells only hides some cells, and they still exist), removing a cell shifts the rest of a row or a column to the left/to the top, and adds another blank cell in the end of the row/column, so that the number of cells is unchanged. In Writer, tables don't always consist of same-size rows. Joining cells may actually create rows with less cells. Additionally, potentially the tables are not necessarily square. (This is often true for tables coming from MS Word, and Writer supports that "feature".) So what should happen when you delete a single cell? Should it shift cells of the same row to the left, making the row shorter? Should it do the same, but add another cell at the right? (with still no guarantee that cells would be aligned with rows above/below.) Or should it do the same with columns? (which would be likely impossible - IIUC we do not support different-height columns.) Without clear specifications how would that behave, *and* also *what workflow would benefit from that*, to justify increased complexity and more potential to create a mess in people's tables (with huge potential to confuse non-advanced users), it should be a WONTFIX IMO.
I also see little use in a Writer table for deleting a cell. Simply select and delete the contents. Writer tables are best served with deletion limited to rows, cols or whole table without complexity of handling what would need to happen if a cell were actually deleted. IMHO => WF
Agree with the WF verdict. Please feel free to reopen with further information such as considerations of special workflows.