Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 100025
selecting all table cells places caret in last cell of table
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:35:08 UTC
1. Create a table with many rows and cols (on a whole page). 2. Zoom the document (200%) 3. try to mark all table cells at once by clicking the "black right-down arrow", which usually shows, when you move the cursor of your mouse near to the left-up edge of the table (do this still in zoom - you don't see ALL table cells on your screen) 4. DEFECT: the document will "lose focus" in a way that the cursor (that vertical blinking line) will move to the last cell of the table. The view of the table should remain as it was before marking all table at once.
I checked with "Ooo 3.0.1 (DE) Multilingual version GERMAN UI WIN XP: [OOO300m15 (Build 9379)]" and can confirm the reported effect. I read specification sheet "Text/table selection enhancement" from <http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/selection_enhancement/Text-table_selection_enhancement.sxw> but I didn't find anything concerning caret position and focus. I agree, the current behaviour is unexpected and inconsistent. If you click caret into cell A1 and select first column or first row (using the hot spot cursor), the caret will remain in cell A1. In other cases, this selection will place the caret into the most left or are most top cell of the new selected area. but if you select the complete table, the caret will be placed into the last cell of the table. I prefer a solution that leaves the caret at it's place and does not change focus on the document. Enhancement? Is there any user experience as a reason for the current behaviour?
Reassigned to requirements. the table selection" of whole table does nothing else than selecting the cells from top left to bottom right. Also when selecting whole table via mouse move or cursor key, it is not possible to place the cursor in a custom cell. If this should work, also Enhancement from issue 21128 must be implemented.