Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Full Text Issue Listing |
Summary: | Insert 'note' in sheet, resize note arrows do not appear when the cursor is positioned over the little corner boxes that allow you to resize the box. | ||||||
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Product: | Calc | Reporter: | nicklaw <nlaw> | ||||
Component: | formatting | Assignee: | AOO issues mailing list <issues> | ||||
Status: | CONFIRMED --- | QA Contact: | |||||
Severity: | Trivial | ||||||
Priority: | P4 | CC: | issues | ||||
Version: | OOO 2.0 Beta2 | ||||||
Target Milestone: | --- | ||||||
Hardware: | All | ||||||
OS: | All | ||||||
Issue Type: | DEFECT | Latest Confirmation in: | --- | ||||
Developer Difficulty: | --- | ||||||
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Description
nicklaw
2005-10-08 23:32:01 UTC
I don't understand, why you select a cell with the right mouse button making visible or inserting a note. If you do this with the left mouse button there is no problem. I probably click right on the cell, maybe 20% of the time out of habit. For every cell that I insert a note on I want the note to always be visible on the spreadsheet and on the final printout. To make the note permanently visible you click right on the cell and select [show note]. For the particular spreadsheet I use, which I complete every week I probably click right on a cell and select [show note] maybe 30 times. Because I do this so frequently sometimes I do it before I have actually inserted the note. This then triggers the bug as described. Of course I could also have been clicking right on the cell and selecting [format cells] or any of the other options. Just the mere fact of clicking right on the cell to view the menu will trigger the bug. I know how to get round the bug, (don't click right on the cell first) however that's not really the point, the fact is clicking right on the cell, maybe formatting the cell then inserting the note should not cause the resizing arrows to vanish on the inserted note. This bug is 100% reproducible. Let me know if you need any further information. Regards Nick. First, you cannot select [show note] in a cell without a note. I was not able to reproduce the described behaviour. Always I select insert a note in the menu, after right-clicking in a cell more than 30 times, the note has the green buttons to change the form of the note. In this context (inserting a note) I found that if you try to move the note it disappears. If you entered a text before the notemarker will be shown. Moving the note is only possible after activating show note and a click in the note. Sorry Nick, I have overseen something. May be the cause is my English, that isn't so good. I can confirm that under the described facts the arrows doesn't appear. This and the other fact concerning movingthe note is no problem for me. If a note should visible all the time, it's easy to change the form and /or location, when the note is shown. I have attached an avi movie that demonstrates this problem. This movie has an audio soundtrack that provides commentary on the problem. This problem has existed in all Ooo releases since the note resizing feature was added. On a positive point I find the 'insert note' feature a very useful addition to open office. Once these minor issues are resolved this feature will be as good as the Microsoft Office note feature. If you require further information, please lket me know ... Nick Law nlaw@naad.fsnet.co.uk Created attachment 30281 [details]
Movie that demonstrates the insert note missing arrows problem
just one additional comment I would like to make about this problem. It has been mentioned that why click right on the cell in the first place ? Well one reason might be that the user has just migrated from Microsoft Office to open Office. In Microsoft Office to insert a comment you click right on the cell and select [insert comment]. So somebody more familiar with Microsoft Office and the insert comment feature is more likely to see this particular bug just because they are more likely to click right on the cell out of habit. Another reason that you might click right on the cell is that you may want to format the cell, after having formatted the cell, you then insert a note and again you'll see the lack of resizing arrows around the note text box. Hi, checked with OOo2.0 and could not reproduce. So closing worksforme. Frank closed wfm Hi Frank, I'm checked with 2.0 on a version downloaded today on two different machines (one linux, one XP) and the bug is still there. Please review the attached movie domonstration, if you follow the exampole in the movie you will be able to reproduce it 100% of the time. Regards Nick Hi Niklas, one for you. Open new Calc. Context menu on a cell Insert (Menu) Notes No resize handless shown. Frank Hi Niklas, one for you. Open new Calc. Context menu on a cell Insert (Menu) Notes No resize handels shown. Frank This only occurs when it is the same cell an you go direct to the note-insert- menu (contextmenu is still active). If you make a click anywhere in the table to make the contexmenu unvisible and then open the insert-note-menü the handels are shown. Reset the assignee to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org". |