Bug 148164 - Calc - Not so obvious to apply multiple borderstyles to a group of cells
Summary: Calc - Not so obvious to apply multiple borderstyles to a group of cells
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 143249
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.3.1.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Reported: 2022-03-24 18:44 UTC by Arnold Huzen
Modified: 2023-01-04 09:51 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Situation after setting the outer border style and selecting the horizontal inner (8.84 KB, image/png)
2022-03-24 18:46 UTC, Arnold Huzen
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Situation after setting the horizontal border and selecting the vertical (8.79 KB, image/png)
2022-03-24 18:47 UTC, Arnold Huzen
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Situation after clicking the horizontal border for the second time (6.45 KB, image/png)
2022-03-24 18:48 UTC, Arnold Huzen
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Description Arnold Huzen 2022-03-24 18:44:59 UTC
Description:
If a user wants to set different borderstyles to a group of cells it is not obvious how to do so.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select a group of cells (at least 2x2).
2. Open the cell formatting dialog (Ctrl+1).
3. Select the double-line border and set as the outer border using the button at the top of the screen.
4. Select the horizontal inner line of the group and select the single-line border.
5. Select the vertical inner line of the group.
6. Click OK and see the result. Only the vertical inner line has a single-line border.
7. Repeat steps 1 to 5.
8. Click on the horizontal inner line again. 
9. Click OK and see the result. Now both horizontal and vertical inner lines have a single-line border.

Actual Results:
The result at step 6 is what I would logically do, but it results in a horizontal inner border with a double-line.

Expected Results:
The result at step 9 is what I would expect to be the state at step 6.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
I discovered this behaviour after reading a question on the LibreOffice User Group on Facebook.
Comment 1 Arnold Huzen 2022-03-24 18:46:46 UTC
Created attachment 179084 [details]
Situation after setting the outer border style and selecting the horizontal inner
Comment 2 Arnold Huzen 2022-03-24 18:47:41 UTC
Created attachment 179085 [details]
Situation after setting the horizontal border and selecting the vertical
Comment 3 Arnold Huzen 2022-03-24 18:48:25 UTC
Created attachment 179086 [details]
Situation after clicking the horizontal border for the second time
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2023-01-02 12:05:49 UTC
I tried to find something similar, but only found bug 103770 which is for the toolbar button.
Comment 5 Heiko Tietze 2023-01-04 09:51:37 UTC
The widget has a triple state / overloaded functionality: you select one or more borders to manipulate the attributes at once. And you can quickly change it on/off. I voted for simplification in bug 143249.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 143249 ***