Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 91474
Copying & pasting data from cell into another application will add an extra "white space" character to end of pasted data
Last modified: 2013-01-29 21:46:18 UTC
In the current 2.4 versions of OpenOffice Calc, when copying data from cells and pasting into other applications, the resulting text always has an extra white space character at the end (a CR/LF but manifests as a space depending on whether the destination field is a multi-line or single line field). Note that the white space does not display in the cell but only in the text that is pasted to another application. This was not the case in versions previous to 2.4 where there was no whitespace after copying/pasting a cell value (I do not recall how far back but recent enough to make me think it was 2.3 and before). While apparently trivial, it becomes a greater annoyance when this action must be done regularly and the extra white space character has to keep being deleted. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open a calc spreadsheet. 2. Enter a value into a cell. 3. Copy the same value from cell. 4. Paste the value into another text-based application (such as Notepad or a web form in Mozilla) 5. Observe the extra white space character (or line feed) at the end of pasted data. 6 (optional). Try the above steps in older Calc versions and note the different behaviour. *NB. Not every application includes the extra character, I have observed e.g. for some reason Internet Explorer 7 will strip it from text boxes and form fields. *NB2. If the cell data was created in an older version of Calc it does not contain the extra white space when pasted into another application.
In DEV300_m28 on WinXP, only select the cell then copy the cell, paste the cell into another text-based application (such as Notepad), it happens. But if I select the value of the cell by double click, copy the value and paste it into another text-based application (such as Notepad), it doesn't happen. So, please confire it in the latest build, mark_jones.
It is similar to the Issue 86436.
This issue still occurs in 3.2 build 9483 but it does appear to be a duplicate of Issue 86436. Marking as such.
Well I would have marked it as a dup but it didn't seem to work. I'll try it again otherwise someone else will have to do it. Thanks.
*** Issue 86436 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
confirmed. because this description is more detailed. So I set i86436 as duplicate of this one.