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Bug 127415 - merged cell selection highlight bug
merged cell selection highlight bug
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: GUI Expression Entry Widget
1.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-11-19 19:07 UTC by Jason Mancini
Modified: 2008-06-16 19:46 UTC
See Also:
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Description Jason Mancini 2003-11-19 19:07:41 UTC 
Jody wrote:
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 05:08:17PM -0800, Jason Mancini wrote:
> Hmm, first email got lost I guess.
> 
> 1) Start Gnumeric
> 2) Select A1:B1 and merge and enter value 1 into merged cell
> 3) Click cell A2
> 4) Type "=", then click cell A1:B1, then Enter.
> 
> Notice that it got "=B1", not "=A1".  Yet the "cell locator" in the
> upper-right indicates A1 when at that cell.

cute.  I can replicate this.  Please file it in bugzilla.
It should be pretty simple to fix as soon as I get back.
Comment 1 Andreas J. Guelzow 2003-11-22 23:40:44 UTC 
I have fixed the original problem but am keeping the report open for a
closely related issue:

Merge A1 to B3, in D1 type =sum(A1)

If you place the text cursor behind the 1 in the last expression, only
A1 is being highlighted on teh sheet rather than the complete A1 to B3.
Comment 2 Jason Mancini 2003-12-01 19:17:38 UTC 
Here is another symptom:

Say each A and B pair are merged per row. (a1/b1, a2/b2, ...)
Selecting them with the mouse while editing an equation
results in "A1:B10" instead of "A1:A10"

(Maybe this is fixed by Andreas' patch already.)
Comment 3 Jason Mancini 2003-12-05 22:22:49 UTC 
Whoa, regards my "2003-12-01 14:17" comment... that's
how Excel operates.  Just seems weird to me.  *shrug*
Comment 4 Jody Goldberg 2008-06-16 19:46:01 UTC 
Time to clear out some old bugs.
Patched for 1.9.1.