Bug 63848

Summary: Better default formatting after user editing of a cell
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Michael Meeks <michael.meeks>
Component: CalcAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: major CC: ilmari.lauhakangas, muthusuba
Priority: medium    
Version: 4.0.3.1 rc   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
Whiteboard:
Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 107575, 108019    
Attachments: small test sheet.

Description Michael Meeks 2013-04-23 16:43:22 UTC 
I load the attached sheet;

delete the cell =A2 (it's text formatted and we don't want that).
select A2:A10 or so
ctrl-1 -> select 'number general'
   + notice it is already formatted this way: though it has diverse formatting in the range.
'ok' the dialog.

Notice A2 is still formatted as text.

It should be number formatted; that -really- got me just now.

I'd love to know if it's a regression in 4.0

I assume it is all down to what we stick into the SfxItemSet for a diverse set of number formats.
Comment 1 Michael Meeks 2013-04-23 16:45:23 UTC 
if it is a regression AOO 3.4.1 has it too which narrows the field.
Comment 2 Michael Meeks 2013-04-23 16:46:22 UTC 
Created attachment 78380 [details]
small test sheet.
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2015-03-04 02:21:37 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2015-03-23 12:28:24 UTC 
Reproduced.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit, LibO Version: 4.4.1.2
Build ID: 45e2de17089c24a1fa810c8f975a7171ba4cd432
Locale: fi_FI
Comment 5 tommy27 2016-04-16 07:27:00 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 Michael Meeks 2016-04-18 08:38:33 UTC 
I guess I should be less idle and re-test this with an older version ;-) in lieu of that - this persists in master ... =)
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2017-05-22 13:23:25 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 Thomas Lendo 2019-01-05 18:18:51 UTC 
Still reproducible.

Version: 6.3.0.0.alpha0+
Build-ID: be8897d9c63a77b223a9c0aed1d2eb689e0e0082
CPU-Threads: 4; BS: Linux 4.15; UI-Render: Standard; VCL: gtk3; 
TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@86-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2019-01-02_04:49:04
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2021-01-05 03:47:41 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 10 Thomas Lendo 2021-05-04 22:10:49 UTC 
Still reproducible.

Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 8ae3ae4bf75fdd0aaa132c956d9da029baa3adc6
CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@86-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2021-04-23_17:13:02
Comment 11 QA Administrators 2023-05-05 03:24:37 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 12 ady 2023-05-05 09:51:27 UTC 
Still repro.

Having said that, if instead of selecting General you select some specific format such as Number (OK) and then select General, the range is indeed changed to be formatted as General.

It is even easier if the format is changed by using the toolbar instead of the Format Cell dialog.

So this is because of not actually modifying a specific current format to General when the cells in the selected range have diverse formatting.

It is enough to actually modify the field to something (as oppose to leaving whatever is there in the dialog and just clicking OK), and the format is indeed changed.

Imaging the opposite situation. "I accidentally clicked OK instead of Cancel, and all my nicely-formatted cells were changed to General without me noticing it at the time. Now I cannot just undo and move on. Is there any way to easily recover the prior cell formatting I had? Please help!".

Therefore, considering the existence of a simple workaround (or more than one), and that there is no data loss or anything like that, I tend to think of this as a minor problem, if at all.