Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 59863
don't move focus when selecting cells with keyboard Shift+arrow keys
Last modified: 2013-03-11 19:34:47 UTC
Note this is a keyboard editing enhancement/feature request. Here's how I cut and paste in a spreadsheet using only the keyboard: 1 - I select a range of cells by holding down the shift key and using the arrow keys to highlight or specify the range. 2 - I press Control+X to cut. 3 - I move to the desired insertion point. **Please see below** 4 - I then press Control+V. With regards to step 3: - In OpenOffice.org and KSpread the starting point for moving from a selected range is the **end** of the selected cut range. - In Gnumeric and Excel the starting point from moving from a selected range is the **beginning** of the selected cut range. I find that in most cases my insertion point for a cut range is closer to the *beginning* of the cut range than the *end* of the cut range, therefore, the default navigation offered by Gnumeric and Excel is more efficient for me. This is especially true when the cut range is large or very large. Request: Include an option for this behavior or change the behavior to be the same as used by Gnumeric and Excel.
according to http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/workflowcharts/ RFE_issues_by_QA.sxd I reassign this issue to requirements and set the status to New
the same request can be made for mouse moving cells +select cell A1 +move it to B1 and B1 appear black so it is selected +start to write something +it start to write in A1 bu i expect that it start to write in B1 request=i think it is more natural behaviour to start to write in A1 please include this behaviour
sorry ther is an error in the previous this is correct request=i think it is more natural behaviour to start to write in B1 please include this behaviour
Created attachment 51887 [details] sc-move-from-origin.diff
The attached sc-move-from-origin.diff patch alters keyboard movement so that movement is relative to the start of the selection and not the end, as requested in comment #1.
I'm adding this comment to all open issues with Issue Type == PATCH. We have 220 such issues, many of them quite old. I apologize for that. We need your help in prioritizing which patches should be integrated into our next release, Apache OpenOffice 4.0. If you have submitted a patch and think it is applicable for AOO 4.0, please respond with a comment to let us know. On the other hand, if the patch is no longer relevant, please let us know that as well. If you have any general questions or want to discuss this further, please send a note to our dev mailing list: dev@openoffice.apache.org Thanks! -Rob