Bug 154816 - Can't refresh control after selecting it with mouse click
Summary: Can't refresh control after selecting it with mouse click
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Base (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.5.2.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
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Reported: 2023-04-14 21:52 UTC by lowell_friesen
Modified: 2024-05-17 03:16 UTC (History)
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Description lowell_friesen 2023-04-14 21:52:24 UTC
Description:
I have a form with multiple subforms, some of which are linked to tables that are used to populate dropdown boxes in other subforms.  After adding another record into a tables, I need to hit "Refresh Control" in order for the new record to appear in the drop down box and to be able to select it.  So far, so good.  However, even when I have selected a column or cell in a subform that I want to refresh the control for, the refresh control button is grayed out.  I often have to click around several times in several different subforms on my form before I can refresh the control I want to refresh.  I'm not certain this is as much a problem with the refresh control button as it is a general problem having to do with mouse clicks not appropriately selecting what the click is intended to select.  My mouse clicks *appear* to select what I want them to, but then I can't do what I want to do in that cell on the form.  Sometimes I will have selected a cell to type something into but the text I type gets entered into a cell on the subform I was previously working in.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Enter data into a cell in a subform.
2.Select a cell in another subform.
3.Attempt to refresh control.

Actual Results:
The refresh control button remains greyed out.

Expected Results:
The refresh control button should be available to hit refresh.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Version: 7.5.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 50(Build:2)
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 5.19; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-CA (en_CA.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 4:7.5.2~rc2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~lo1
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Buovjaga 2023-04-19 14:40:33 UTC
Please attach an example document.
Set to NEEDINFO.
Change back to UNCONFIRMED after you have provided the document.
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2023-10-17 03:13:59 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 Robert Großkopf 2023-10-17 15:23:15 UTC
Only one hint: Refreshing a control should only work in controls, which select content (listboxes, comboboxes).
Comment 4 lowell_friesen 2023-10-17 15:56:01 UTC
Thanks for following up.  I would forward my files, except they contain information about myself and others that I would not feel comfortable sharing.  

I just put up with my issue as an annoyance.  Often when I have entered an new bit of data into a table (and want to be able to select that newly entered item from within a drop down box elsewhere on my form) I just click on to an number of different fields and/or cells in tables and then come back to the cell that I need to refresh the drop down selections for. The option to refresh the control is then no longer grayed out and I can refresh the control, select the new item in the drop down box, and carry on.

Perhaps this is issue is caused by something unique to my forms and tables and the way I have set them up.
Comment 5 Buovjaga 2023-10-17 16:12:13 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 Buovjaga 2023-10-18 15:05:03 UTC
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #5)
> (In reply to lowell_friesen from comment #4)
> > Thanks for following up.  I would forward my files, except they contain
> > information about myself and others that I would not feel comfortable
> > sharing.  
> 
> When you have time, you could create a minimal reproducer that does not
> contain any meaningful information.

Sorry, I accidentally added this comment in silent mode, so there was no email notification sent.
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2024-04-16 03:16:18 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 QA Administrators 2024-05-17 03:16:15 UTC
Dear lowell_friesen,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
a lack of information which is needed in order to accurately
reproduce and confirm the problem. We encourage you to retest
your bug against the latest release. If the issue is still
present in the latest stable release, we need the following
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