Issue 6308 - Allow one-click single cell selection
Summary: Allow one-click single cell selection
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Calc
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.0.0
Hardware: All All
: P5 (lowest) Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: bettina.haberer
QA Contact: issues@sc
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Keywords: oooqa, rfe_eval_ok
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2002-07-05 21:47 UTC by lars
Modified: 2013-08-07 15:12 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description lars 2002-07-05 21:47:53 UTC 
Selecting multiple cells starting from one single cell needs too much "keyboard 
work"; why not treat one cell with a cursor around it like several highlighted 
cells, when using CTRL+click.

I believe most people need to get used to that if they don't use it frequently -
and then they might welcome the not-to-have-to-press-SHIFT.
Comment 1 frank 2002-07-08 09:27:08 UTC 
Hi Falko,

1 4 u

Frank
Comment 2 falko.tesch 2003-10-08 14:58:58 UTC 
What do you mean?
Comment 3 lars 2003-10-08 15:25:50 UTC 
selecting multiple cells starting from a single selected* cell via 
CTRL+click doesn't work.

*this means simply has the cell focus

One needs to SHIFT click the single cell first.

Can one not simply treat a single cell with the focus around it like 
a SHIFT selected cell IF the next click on a different cell is a CTRL-
click?
Comment 4 lars 2003-10-08 18:25:43 UTC 
ping
Comment 5 falko.tesch 2003-10-09 12:26:54 UTC 
Allow one-click single cell selection to be done by single mouse
clicke (behaviour similar to Excel).
Note: This is part of a greater scope in selection, dragging and
moving cells in Calc. This needs more in-depth and holistic evaluation.
Comment 6 falko.tesch 2003-10-09 12:27:14 UTC 
.
Comment 7 sparg 2004-01-24 19:29:55 UTC 
Also: 
 
Right clicking above a cell that is not selected should move the focus to the 
right clicked cell and bring up the context menu for the newly selected cell. 
This would make the ui feel more responsive allowing an action to be applied 
from the context menu with one click instead of two. 
 
If I right click over a cell with no focus the context menu appears but focus 
does not change. If I then left click over a different cell focus should move 
immediately to the selected cell. Instead the first left click merely makes 
the context menu disappear. Left clicking again will (usually) move the focus 
when one click, again, should be enough. 
 
I say usually because there seems to a defect - it can take more than one 
further click to move the focus. If you click once to remove the menu then 
click too quickly a second time it ignores the second and subsequent clicks, 
until you pause then try again. By this time you feel not only that the ui is 
awkward but you're actually having to fight it to do what you want.
Comment 8 peschtra 2005-02-03 01:01:41 UTC 
Both of these issues are fixed in OOo 1.9.74.

Marking as Resolved:Fixed.
Comment 9 ace_dent 2008-05-17 22:02:37 UTC 
The Issue you raised has been marked as 'Resolved' and not updated within the
last 1 year+. I am therefore setting this issue to 'Verified' as the first step
towards Closing it. If you feel this is incorrect, please re-open the issue and
add any comments.

Many thanks,
Andrew
 
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Comment 10 ace_dent 2008-05-18 00:06:43 UTC 
As per previous posting: Verified -> Closed.
A Closed Issue is a Happy Issue (TM).

Regards,
Andrew