Issue 55824 - selection follows tab in tables
Summary: selection follows tab in tables
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: 680m130
Hardware: PC Linux, all
: P4 Trivial (vote)
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: 80261 (view as issue list)
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Reported: 2005-10-12 14:59 UTC by richlv
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:38 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description richlv 2005-10-12 14:59:36 UTC
insert a table that has at least two cells. input some text in the first cell. 
select at least one symbol of this text. press tab. notice how selection follows 
cursor.
this is pretty annoying when working with tables. this also could not be 
accessibility for keyboard, as this can be more easily achieved with shift & 
cursor keys.
Comment 1 michael.ruess 2005-10-13 13:29:57 UTC
The question is, which behaviour should be the best here? Completelsy stopping
selection mode? Or multiselection of text? A decision is needed here.
Comment 2 richlv 2005-10-13 13:43:57 UTC
i would vote for removal of selection - just like this works in calc.
it also is the intuitive for me and seems to conform to used practices - don't 
keep selection unless modifier key is pressed (shift)
Comment 3 richlv 2005-10-13 13:44:24 UTC
... the intiutive way
Comment 4 michael.ruess 2007-08-02 13:59:26 UTC
*** Issue 80261 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 5 joac 2007-08-03 12:12:57 UTC
When I press TAB key with selected content in the table cell OO selects content
of next cell in the row and CONTENT OF PRIMARY CELL and etc.
Selection of the previous cells don't disappears.
OO must select content of next cell and discard selection of current cell!

OO must select content of next cell and discard selection of current cell, after
pressing TAB key in the table.

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Comment 6 joac 2007-08-03 12:50:37 UTC
When I press TAB key with selected content in the table cell OO selects content
of next cell in the row and CONTENT OF PRIMARY CELL and etc.
Selection of the previous cells don't disappears.
OO must select content of next cell and discard selection of current cell!

OO must select content of next cell and discard selection of current cell, after
pressing TAB key in the table.

attachment
http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/47266/Untitled-2.jpg
Comment 7 richlv 2007-08-03 13:07:50 UTC
i just wanted to add that the original oo.org behaviour seems better and more 
intuitive to me - removal of selection and moving of cursor.
Comment 8 macias 2008-08-30 12:52:40 UTC
I don't understand the confusion here because this behaviour is not the only 
domain of OOWriter, so it should follow what is de facto standard here. And 
this is that navigation key pressed without selection modifier (shift usually) 
deselects selections.

So in this case selection should be canceled and caret should be placed in the 
next cell.

Why is this enhancement? It is OOW defect -- OOW violates pretty well 
established behaviour.