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Bug 125595 - Allow col/row auto-fit to apply only to selection
Allow col/row auto-fit to apply only to selection
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: GUI
git master
Other All
: Low enhancement
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-10-27 13:54 UTC by danielm
Modified: 2010-07-08 20:28 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Attachments
select a4:d6 and invoke column width auto-fitting (1.64 KB, gnumeric/xml)
2003-10-27 13:55 UTC, danielm 		Details

Description danielm 2003-10-27 13:54:29 UTC 
Using the Format->Column->auto-fit selection function I found that the
width was set according to the largest field of all the entries on the
sheet, rather than just the cells I had selected.

I'll attach a very noddy test sheet that exhibits the same behaviour.
Comment 1 danielm 2003-10-27 13:55:39 UTC 
Created attachment 20972 [details]
select a4:d6 and invoke column width auto-fitting
Comment 2 Andreas J. Guelzow 2003-10-27 14:06:54 UTC 
To be exact: the width of a column is set to the widest cell content
in that column, not only to the widest content in the column within
the selection.

I am not sure this is a bug, but I can see that your expected
behavious would be preferred.
Comment 3 Jody Goldberg 2003-11-16 02:26:15 UTC 
As an enhancement consider adding a way for the col/row autosize action to
apply to only the cols/rows in the selection rather than the full col/row.
Comment 4 Andreas J. Guelzow 2010-07-08 20:28:24 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.

And this took only 6.5+ years!