Issue 111739

Summary:

tool tip obscures formula entry bar

Product:

Calc

Reporter:

lms2 <lamadera>

Component:

Assignee:

AOO issues mailing list <issues>

Status:

CONFIRMED ---

QA Contact:

Severity:

Trivial

Priority:

CC:

elish, issues, richardbrucebaxter

Version:

OOo 3.2

Target Milestone:

---

Hardware:

Other

OS:

Windows XP

Issue Type:

DEFECT

Latest Confirmation in:

---

Developer Difficulty:

---

Attachments:

Description	Flags
OpenOffice Calc Bug - Formula and Cursor Hidden By Tooltip	none
OpenOffice Calc Bug - Formula and Cursor Hidden By Tooltip - Tooltip even shows up on browser pages	none

Description lms2 2010-05-21 04:13:02 UTC

Calc tool tips are more a hindrance to rapid, efficient use than not having
tips...all tip boxes are OFF(unchecked) in Options/General yet this crap is
always in the way; every formula you try to enter, this garbage shows up over
the formula bar, slowing down entry while you try to get it out of the way.  

Searches indicate this has been an unresolved problem.  This is ridiculous and
may cause me to abandon OO, having been a user for the last 10 year +/-.

[img]http://s858.photobucket.com/albums/ab143/dallaslobo/?action=view&current=TOOL_TIP_PROBLEM.png[/img]

It even shows up on web browser pages....

http://s858.photobucket.com/albums/ab143/dallaslobo/?action=view&current=TOOL_TIP_2.png

Comment 1 Joost Andrae 2010-05-21 10:26:57 UTC

Comment 2 richardbaxter 2011-05-18 00:03:40 UTC

Created attachment 76519 [details]
OpenOffice Calc Bug - Formula and Cursor Hidden By Tooltip

Comment 3 richardbaxter 2011-05-18 00:05:43 UTC

Created attachment 76520 [details]
OpenOffice Calc Bug - Formula and Cursor Hidden By Tooltip - Tooltip even shows up on browser pages

Comment 4 richardbaxter 2011-05-18 00:09:43 UTC

This is a major problem and must be resolved ASAP. It makes OpenOffice.org appear very unprofessional, and it is even unusable at times (one has to guess what text they are typing in without being about to see it).

Note I experienced this bug using OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 (OOO310m19, Build:9420)
[openoffice.org-3.1.1-19.5.el5_5.6]

Comment 5 richardbaxter 2011-05-18 00:23:31 UTC

Note this bug occurs (most often) when moving the cursor (eg using the left, right, up and down arrow keyboard buttons) through a formula which has been displayed on multiple lines (because it has been constrained by available window space in some manner). 

NB this bug refers to formulas displayed inline (on a cell when editing that cell), and not in the formula bar.

Comment 6 niklas.nebel 2011-05-18 16:29:00 UTC

We had issue 105472, dependent on the position of the mouse pointer, fixed in version 3.3. This sounds like a duplicate.
There's also issue 98177 about switching to a different application.

Comment 7 Edwin Sharp 2013-07-22 08:36:59 UTC

Tool tips should be eliminated.
Formula syntax can be displayed at status bar or sidebar.