Bug 148319 - EDITING deleting cells with dependency must issue warning
Summary: EDITING deleting cells with dependency must issue warning
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 92419
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
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Hardware: All All
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Reported: 2022-04-02 08:37 UTC by Ferdinand
Modified: 2023-01-05 12:45 UTC (History)
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Description Ferdinand 2022-04-02 08:37:34 UTC
If a referenced cell is deleted using Delete row/column/sheet command
the former dependent cells show #REF! without a hint where it pointed earlier.
if these cells are on another sheet this often fatal result of an editing operation remains undetected for a long time.
reconstruction often takes hours if possible at all in big sheets.


simple example to reproduce
A1=1
A2=2
A3=3
A4=A1+A2+A3

now delete row 2

A4= #REF!
and shows =A1+A#REF!+A2

suggestion: 
In case a #REF! is detected a popup message should be raised
"Do you want to delete  referenced cell(s) A2 ....?"
YES/NO - where NO is default.

Hope this makes sense for an "office" product.
Comment 1 Ferdinand 2022-04-17 07:46:32 UTC
currently "delete cell" shows a popup for the current cell, which might be good for beginners.

But this does not address the real problem of depending cells.
Comment 2 Buovjaga 2023-01-05 12:45:38 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 92419 ***