Bug 44556

Summary: EDITING: Undesired Behavior Change in 3.5b2 when Extending a Selection in Calc
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Nino <libo2016>
Component: CalcAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium    
Version: 3.5.0 Beta2   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
Whiteboard: BSA
Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:

Description Nino 2012-01-07 06:04:39 UTC 
Before 3.5, it was easiliy possible to select all cells of an inserted (empty) column (between data containing columns) by 
1) selecting the first cell of the empty column, 
2) extending selection to a neigbouring cell (containing data) by pressing SHIFT+ArrowLeft 
3) pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ArrowDown to extend selection until bottom of data range and finally 
4) reducing selection to the empty column with SHIFT+ArrowRight

This could be effectively done with only four keystrokes:
1) Hold down SHIFT
2) press ArrowLeft once (and keep holding SHIFT key)
3) press CTRL+ArrowDown once (but still keep holding SHIFT)
4) while SHIFT is still held, press ArrowRight

Now, at least in 3.5beta2, extending selection does not more stop at the end of the data range in step 3 but encompasses the whole (empty) column. 

Seems like extending a selection takes the origin of the extension as starting point instead of the actual cell.

Platform: Linux/RPM i686

Note: Possibly Bug#42535 describes a related phenomenon
Comment 1 Nino 2012-01-07 07:44:09 UTC 
Ok, meanwhile I've learned to fill empty columns by double clicking on the fill handle, so for me the changed behavior isn't necessary any more. Therefore I'm closing the bug as "WORKSFORME" :-/

However, people might miss the old behavior for filling rows as the fill handle does not seem to support horizontal auto filling.
Comment 2 crxssi 2013-07-31 23:48:00 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 37230 ***