Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 74225
annoying dialog ("Text Import") when pasting plain text
Last modified: 2013-08-07 15:14:13 UTC
- open a plain text editor, or any other application whose (only) clipboard format is plain text - in this application, copy some text which contains spaces to the clipboard - in a spreadsheet, go to an arbitrary cell and press Ctrl-V, this way inserting the clipboard text into the cell => the "Text Import" dialog opens, asking for text import options This is a usability issue. There's a "Paste special" functionality for a good reason: "Paste" is expected to simply paste, with good defaults. At least this is what I'd claim is most expectation conformant. The current behavior is pretty annoying for a certain class of use cases. I know that this behavior is a result of fixing issue 15509. However, note that the original patch for this issue was intended to only affect Paste Special, not plain paste. I think this is what we should revert to.
> note that the original patch for this issue was intended to only affect > Paste Special, not plain paste. Actually not. Also the original patch hooks into the routine that is called for the paste operation, regardless from where it originated. Currently there is no mechanism to differentiate.
Ah, okay, perhaps I misunderstood mmeeks
Targeting to OOo2.4
FL->ER: Like discussed today. Proposal (no UI relevant changes): Show Import Text dialog only when more than one row is pasted via clipboard. The new "Text to column" feature, which will be introduced with SO 8 PU 10 (OOo 2.4), could be used to import text from a cell to columns in Calc. So there would be no gap by changing the current behavior.
In cws dr58: sc/source/ui/view/viewfun5.cxx 1.49.158.2
Reassigning to QA for verification.
I agree that this remains an issue whether pasting a single row or a table of several rows. If I use Ctrl V to call up a paste, I should be entitled to accept the consequences of that decision, including whatever format the material may be in. If I wish to check or query the format, it should be through Paste Special.
verified in internal version cws_dr58
found integrated on master OOHm5 using Linux, Solaris and Windows build