Bug 170280 - Single cell find and replace fails
Summary: Single cell find and replace fails
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.2.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Reported: 2026-01-09 15:15 UTC by Golden
Modified: 2026-01-11 03:11 UTC (History)
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Description Golden 2026-01-09 15:15:44 UTC
Description:
When single cell is selected "find and replace, current selection" reports "Search key not found"

Two or more cell works as expected.

Same result for select for copy.

Actual Results:
Enter =rand() in cell A1
Select cell A1
Find and replace
In find: rand
In replace: 10*rand
Click current selection only
Click replace all
Error reports: Search key not found

Expected Results:
Should replace "rand" with 10*rand

It two or more cells are selected it works as expected 


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Should replace "rand" with 10*rand

It two or more cells are selected it works as expected
Comment 2 Golden 2026-01-10 15:16:00 UTC
Yes, this is an issue of how the cell is selected

Click on the cell --- the cell is not selected 

Hold click move to another cell --- both cell are selected

I would expect clicking on a cell also selects the cell.

Shift-click works

Click Ctrl-c does not work

Golden
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2026-01-11 03:11:41 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)