Bug 168492 - When applying "Cell range" as data validity on a column, I cannot change sheets nor close document nor the app
Summary: When applying "Cell range" as data validity on a column, I cannot change shee...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 156263
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
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25.8.1.1 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
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Reported: 2025-09-20 15:06 UTC by David GOUMARD
Modified: 2025-09-30 10:29 UTC (History)
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Description David GOUMARD 2025-09-20 15:06:31 UTC
Description:
Using Data->Validity with a cell range gives illogical results and makes the application behave badly.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a first sheet
2. Create a second sheet (named "Breeds") with a list of categories to choose from (say dog breeds)
3. On the first sheet, create an array with 3 columns ['Name', 'Age', 'Breed']
4. Select the 'Breed' column and click Data->Validity... in the menu
5. In the newly opened popup, in the Criteria tab, select Allow: Cell range
6. Check Show selection list
7. [PROBLEM] To select source, try using the selection tool (It doesn't work for me)
8. Type $Breeds.A1:A120
9. Validate with OK
10. [PROBLEM] Select individual cells of the columm and go back to Data->Validity... Observe how the source range is offset according to the cell's row
11. [PROBLEM] Try to navigate to the "Breeds" sheet (clicking has no effect for me)
12. Try closing the application (nothing happens and I have to use the Task Manager to kill it)

Actual Results:
Data validity is based on cell range is not usable as is (or needs to be set for each individual cell of the sheet, which does scale poorly with data size)

Application becomes unrealiable : cannot swap sheets, cannot close it properly

Expected Results:
Regarding data validity, I except the same cell range to be applied to each cell of the selected column

Regarding the reliability, I expect the application to behave normally after such operations


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.1.1 (X86_64)
Build ID: 54047653041915e595ad4e45cccea684809c77b5
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-CA (en_CA); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 1 Takenori Yasuda 2025-09-20 15:53:21 UTC
This could be a duplicate of Bug 156263.

Bug Details: Bug 166527
Comment 2 raal 2025-09-20 17:50:28 UTC
Seems to be fixed with dev version. Please could you test it with
dev version in next few days? You can download it here:
http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/master/
Thank you
Comment 3 Peter 2025-09-26 05:59:45 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 166527 ***
Comment 4 Werner Tietz 2025-09-26 07:13:22 UTC
*** Bug 168553 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Aron Budea 2025-09-30 10:29:58 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 156263 ***