Usability problem: No "merge cells" on right mouse click in Calc Using OpenCalc, I tried to merge two (or more) cells. I expected this functionality to be available in the context menu after performing a right mouse click. This is the way, how it is handled in the table tool of Writer, but also Excel. This would be a very handy addition. Currently, this functionality is only available via "Format"-"Merge Cells". Thank you! Related OOo bugzilla entry: https://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=102938
[This is an automated message.] This bug was filed before the changes to Bugzilla on 2011-10-16. Thus it started right out as NEW without ever being explicitly confirmed. The bug is changed to state NEEDINFO for this reason. To move this bug from NEEDINFO back to NEW please check if the bug still persists with the 3.5.0 beta1 or beta2 prereleases. Details on how to test the 3.5.0 beta1 can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHunting_Session_3.5.0.-1 more detail on this bulk operation: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/RFC-Operation-Spamzilla-tp3607474p3607474.html
Enhancement request is still valid for LibreOffice 3.5. Set report from "NeedInfo" back to "New" again.
This could be an easy hack. Can any developer confirm that this is an easy hack?
Created attachment 57433 [details] Fix for this bug Is the positioning in the context menu and the location of the ~ appropriate?
Greggory Hernandez committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=aff6db70245a74039b5331810d3ff654b1f6af63 fdo#37210 - UI: Calc usability improvement: Merge cells on right mouse click
@Greggory: Thanks a lot! Since this is bug entry has a patch and is marked for target 3.6.0 I add it to the wiki: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.6 Please correct me, in case the patch does not go into 3.6
Will it possible to do unmerge for the merged cell in right click menu.
marking closed :-) the unmerge is not present, but would indeed be nice - left as an exercise for the next easy-hacker :-)
On Michael's suggestion, I opened a new bug 49704 based on the idea to unmerge cells on right mouse click. Could you please also mark that bug a EasyHack? Thanks.
Migrating Whiteboard tags to Keywords: (ProposedEasyHack -> needsDevEval) [NinjaEdit]