Issue 81908 - 3 lines doesn't mean 3 cells
Summary: 3 lines doesn't mean 3 cells
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 81907
Alias: None
Product: Calc
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.3
Hardware: All Windows XP
: P4 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: spreadsheet
QA Contact: issues@sc
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Keywords: oooqa
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Reported: 2007-09-24 18:33 UTC by david
Modified: 2007-09-25 08:52 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description david 2007-09-24 18:33:57 UTC 
When mouse scrolling is set to scroll three lines in the windows mouse prefs 
the user knows it will scroll three text lines. However, Open Office 2.3.0 
interprets these three lines as thee CELLS no matter the cell height. This is 
NOT what the user expects as she chose three LINES as the wheel scoll setting 
and this works in ALL other Windows programs.

- David
Comment 1 Rainer Bielefeld 2007-09-24 19:43:27 UTC 
May be this is INVALID? Is there any WIN specification concerning desired
behaviour for mouse scroll wheel and spreadsheets? I can only thest very old MS
WORKS 4.5a, and there the behaviour is just the same as in OOo (as reported).

@filkin:
What other spreadsheet applications show a behaviour different from the one in
OOo CALC?
Comment 2 david 2007-09-24 19:53:56 UTC 
It sounds like you're assuming the goal with the interface is to mimic other 
apps or specifically Excel. As you might know MS is not well known for user 
friendly interfaces (rather the contrary).

Why not fix this issue making the behaviour do as the user expects - thus 
logical instead of using a non-user-friendly design simply because it is really 
old and has probably bothered people for a very long time?

Cheers
-- David
Comment 3 david 2007-09-24 19:59:54 UTC 
Oh I realize this might be an enhancement and not a DEFECT hmm.

I mean if you regard the three lines set in the mouse user settings as the 
scroll size as NOT necessarily being "lines" but freely interpretable and 
meaning three hmmm - what's a user friendly word.. :) - hmm three units perhaps 
- THEN it wouldn't be a DEFECT in Excel and open offirce - but rather a very 
odd behavoir.

Cheers
- David
Comment 4 david 2007-09-24 20:22:29 UTC 
Hmm I've only used 4 or 5 other spreadsheet applications. I didn't work with 
manuscripts at that time though (I've only done that in OO calc) - scripts have 
huge cell heights.

Other apps working with cells are browsers for instance. They have alot of 
different sized tables with cells in all kinds of heights and widths. They 
still scroll smoothly (even pixel smoothly).
Comment 5 Rainer Bielefeld 2007-09-24 20:28:28 UTC 
@filkin 
you should  a clear and unambiguous description of your needs, so that the user
experience team can check that.
Comment 6 david 2007-09-24 20:46:53 UTC 
I see you changed it to Enhancement. I'm not sure I agree but that makes it a 
duplitace of issue 81907

Do you think the description in issue 81907 is sufficient?
Comment 7 frank 2007-09-25 08:52:27 UTC 
double to Issue 81907

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 81907 ***
Comment 8 frank 2007-09-25 08:52:52 UTC 
closed double