Copy & Paste in Spreadsheet

[Bard]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

Copy from a cell, Paste to another cell (with existing content) in same sheet results in pasted string inserted in the middle of existing string instead of appended at the end.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: openoffice.org (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.41-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Aug 24 13:57:09 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: openoffice.org

[Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.
I can't reproduce this bug, pasting in a cell does overwrite the content not append to it or insert it in the middle. To paste text into the text of cell, you have to double click to edit the cell and then the paste should be at the position of your cursor. How exactly did you do the copy&paste?

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[Expired for openoffice.org (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Bard (bsbens)]

Hello Marcel,

For some reason, I didn't receive (or overlooked...) your message...
I realized that when I received the bug expiration notification.

I still have that problem. I'm very surprised that no one else does....

In case it helps, and if we can reopen this bug, here's what I do to reproduce it:

- Copy selected content from a cell
- Paste it in the middle of another cell's existing content
- Paste appears OK in the content line (under the menu)

When I hit enter; the cell content changes and the pasted content ends up in the middle of the original content...

Maybe it's better to wait if this bug appears in LibreOffice and reopen it there :-) ?

Please let me know

Regards,

Bernard

[Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg)]

Hi Bard,
I still can't reproduce your bug, but your instructions are not 100% clear to me:
> - Copy selected content from a cell
Do you mean: Select the cell and copy or double-click the cell and copy the content?

- Paste it in the middle of another cell's existing content
How do you do this? By double clicking the cell and setting the cursor in the middle of the content?

> When I hit enter; the cell content changes and the pasted content ends up in the middle of the original content...
But your instructions above said you "Paste it in the middle" -- so where would you expect the content to end up?

Maybe taking a screencast of the bug happening would make things easier for us :-) (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreenCasts/RecordMyDesktop)

[Bard (bsbens)]

Hi Marcel,

Let me look into that and get back to you.
Of course, it wouls be easier for all of us to have a screencast.

I'll let you know as soon as I try.

In the meantime, here is a little more information on what happened to me:

- Copy selected content from a cell

I select part of the text from a cell from the input line

- Paste it in the middle of another cell's existing content

My mistake here.
I put the cursor where I want to insert content (usually at the end of
the existing content - I append the the new content to the existing one)
in the input line again.
When I press enter, part of the pasted content goes in the middle of the
old existing content and not after it.

Hope this helps more.

Regards,

Bernard

On 12/14/2010 08:57 PM, Marcel Stimberg wrote:
> Hi Bard,
> I still can't reproduce your bug, but your instructions are not 100% clear to me:
>> - Copy selected content from a cell
> Do you mean: Select the cell and copy or double-click the cell and copy the content?
>
> - Paste it in the middle of another cell's existing content
> How do you do this? By double clicking the cell and setting the cursor in the middle of the content?
>
>> When I hit enter; the cell content changes and the pasted content ends up in the middle of the original content...
> But your instructions above said you "Paste it in the middle" -- so where would you expect the content to end up?
>
> Maybe taking a screencast of the bug happening would make things easier
> for us :-) (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreenCasts/RecordMyDesktop)
>
> ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
> Status: Expired => Incomplete
>

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