Issue 21128

Summary: Implement multi selection of table cells (with Ctrl-click e.g.)
Product: Writer Reporter: lazlow69 <seandembrosky>
Component: uiAssignee: AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status: CONFIRMED --- QA Contact:
Severity: Trivial    
Priority: P4 CC: esigra, guido.pinkernell, issues, mpoutre
Version: OOo 1.1Keywords: oooqa
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 2000   
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT Latest Confirmation in: ---
Developer Difficulty: ---
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Issue Blocks: 100025    

Description lazlow69 2003-10-13 18:19:41 UTC 
Including a ctrl-drag option to select non-contiguous blocks of text is an 
excellent idea, and works pretty well... but I am working in a text document 
with tables and let's say I select 5 sections of type, and am ready to select 
my 6th section of type, I am holding down ctrl while dragging, but if the mouse 
goes over the edge of a table, the whole selection set is undone.  It is quite 
frustrating, especially when I am at the culmination of selecting all the 
elements I want to select.  Let me know if this makes any sense, I'd be glad to 
elaborate if necessary.
Comment 1 guido.pinkernell 2003-10-15 09:45:11 UTC 
It does make sense. At least I can confirm what you report with 1.1.0
on Win98. Set to New, P4, and slightly modified summary.
Comment 2 mci 2003-10-15 16:20:36 UTC 
set target to OOoLater
Comment 3 h.ilter 2003-10-16 14:28:46 UTC 
Multi-Selection in tables will not supported in current.
Type is cahnged from defect to enhancement.
Comment 4 michael.ruess 2008-03-20 08:44:30 UTC 
Modified summary slightly. Made it more significant.
Comment 5 michael.ruess 2008-03-20 08:44:46 UTC 
*** Issue 87275 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 6 michael.ruess 2008-03-20 12:31:19 UTC 
Reassigned to requirements.
Comment 7 efaston 2008-03-24 22:41:34 UTC 
Also, because only the text can be selected in multiple areas, the table 
properties can not be edited for multiple cells. 

To make a table where every second row has a shaded background, each row must 
have its properties edited manually.
Comment 8 Regina Henschel 2008-05-04 10:05:35 UTC 
*** Issue 88991 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 9 macias 2008-05-04 10:21:55 UTC 
My report was set as a duplicate so maybe I repeat it here:

"
Let's say you have table 
 
 ccc 
 ccc 
 ccc 
 
 c -- cell. When user switches to such mode, then she/he would just click on 
cells and it would be possible to select cell like this: 
 
 #cc 
 c#c 
 c##
"

but as you can see I am referring to cells not to text itself.

@Efaston, so quite contrary, I would like to change properties of the cells 
(like background color) as well.

One note here though: it would be useful also either to have "smart" context 
switch
Comment 10 michael.ruess 2009-01-27 11:16:17 UTC 
*** Issue 98516 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***