Bug 165391 - Named columns or named cell ranges references in formulas do not get colored border highlights in formula and spreadsheet canvas
Summary: Named columns or named cell ranges references in formulas do not get colored ...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 41915
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
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(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
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Blocks: Cell-Border Cell-Formula Cell-Name
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Reported: 2025-02-22 15:36 UTC by Jeff Fortin Tam
Modified: 2025-02-22 23:00 UTC (History)
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Sample spreadsheet for easy testing (8.86 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet)
2025-02-22 15:36 UTC, Jeff Fortin Tam
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Demonstration video (1.27 MB, video/mp4)
2025-02-22 15:37 UTC, Jeff Fortin Tam
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Description Jeff Fortin Tam 2025-02-22 15:36:25 UTC
Created attachment 199388 [details]
Sample spreadsheet for easy testing

Please use the attached sample document I created to easily reproduce the problem.

Using named ranges of cells or whole columns (such as "amounts_column" and "taxes_column" or "amounts_cells" and "taxes_cells"), if you reference them in a formula, LibreOffice 25.2.0.3 and older cannot highlight those ranges with a color code in the formula and in the spreadsheet, unlike if you were manually referencing the cells (ex: $A:$A, or $A2:$A5).

Demonstration video also included for your convenience to see exactly how to test it, showing which parts work and which parts don't work.

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Tested on:

Version: 25.2.0.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: e1cf4a87eb02d755bce1a01209907ea5ddc8f069
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.12; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Flatpak
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Jeff Fortin Tam 2025-02-22 15:37:58 UTC
Created attachment 199389 [details]
Demonstration video
Comment 2 m_a_riosv 2025-02-22 23:00:34 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 41915 ***