Bug 70379 - Cannot resize columns with protected cells / Calc does not respect users' permissions
Summary: Cannot resize columns with protected cells / Calc does not respect users' per...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.1.2.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Cell-Sheet-Protection Cell-Management
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Reported: 2013-10-11 15:42 UTC by Roman Polach
Modified: 2025-06-22 03:14 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
XLS document with protected A1:D2 cells and protected sheet but with all permissions granted (13.50 KB, application/vnd.ms-excel)
2013-10-11 15:42 UTC, Roman Polach
Details
Screenshot (1) of sheet protecting dialog with all permissions checked (14.49 KB, image/png)
2013-10-11 15:43 UTC, Roman Polach
Details
Screenshot (2) of successful column resize in Excel XP(2002) (7.32 KB, image/png)
2013-10-11 15:44 UTC, Roman Polach
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Screenshot (3) of error message when trying to resize column in LO Calc 4.1.2 final (17.15 KB, image/png)
2013-10-11 15:44 UTC, Roman Polach
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Description Roman Polach 2013-10-11 15:42:24 UTC
Created attachment 87458 [details]
XLS document with protected A1:D2 cells and protected sheet but with all permissions granted

I have created XLS document with
  * protected 8 cells A1:D2
  * unprotected all other cells
  * the sheet was protected and all listed users' permissions was granted
by Excel XP (2002)
... XLS document attached

In Excel XP/2002 or newer,
user can resize any column including A, B, C and D because
such permission (formatting columns) was granted while protecting the sheet.
... screenshot of resizing column in Excel attached

But when this XLS is opened in Calc (even in LibreOffice 4.1.2 version),
user cannot resize columns A, B, C and D.
LibreOffice Calc does not respect those permissions and I see no way
to resize columns in this document while still have content of that
8 cells protected.
... screenshot of error message when trying to resize column in Calc attached
Comment 1 Roman Polach 2013-10-11 15:43:30 UTC
Created attachment 87459 [details]
Screenshot (1) of sheet protecting dialog with all permissions checked
Comment 2 Roman Polach 2013-10-11 15:44:09 UTC
Created attachment 87460 [details]
Screenshot (2) of successful column resize in Excel XP(2002)
Comment 3 Roman Polach 2013-10-11 15:44:50 UTC
Created attachment 87461 [details]
Screenshot (3) of error message when trying to resize column in LO Calc 4.1.2 final
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2016-02-21 08:36:30 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 Geoffrey 2016-02-21 10:33:31 UTC
This is still an issue in LibreOffice 5.0.4.
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2017-03-06 15:32:16 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 Geoffrey 2017-03-06 17:36:24 UTC
Still valid for recent LO.
Comment 8 Roman Polach 2017-03-15 08:05:16 UTC
Confirming that the issue is still present in Calc 5.3.0.3.
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2018-07-21 02:40:18 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 10 Roman Polach 2019-08-27 18:19:46 UTC
The problem is still present in newest release of
LibreOffice - Calc 6.3.0.4 (x64) under Windows 10.
Comment 11 QA Administrators 2021-08-27 04:04:50 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 12 Geoffrey 2021-08-27 07:55:26 UTC
Still valid for recent LO.
Comment 13 Diana Vides 2023-06-22 03:19:58 UTC
This bug is still present in Version: 7.5.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 9f56dff12ba03b9acd7730a5a481eea045e468f3
CPU threads: 6; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Also, it is present in  Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: e4c611ddc731d6a2ca9c3de61a02d1d4b6eefa9b
CPU threads: 6; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 14 QA Administrators 2025-06-22 03:14:00 UTC
Dear Roman Polach,

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