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Bug 427382 - variable auto column width [esp on import]?
variable auto column width [esp on import]?
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: import/export Text
1.6.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Morten Welinder
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-04-07 20:44 UTC by ivo welch
Modified: 2010-06-24 08:09 UTC
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Description ivo welch 2007-04-07 20:44:00 UTC
may I highly suggest that when you import a [csv] file, you set the width of each column so that I neither get **** nor too much column spacing?  This should be fairly easy to do.

It is really a pain to have to go through 20 columns and do this by hand.

sincerely,

/ivo welch
Comment 1 Andreas J. Guelzow 2007-04-08 20:41:49 UTC
"It is really a pain to have to go through 20 columns and do this by hand." ??

You should be able to just select all those columns and then choose 
Format->Column->"Auto fit selection"
Comment 2 Andreas J. Guelzow 2007-04-08 20:46:10 UTC
Personally I would not like to have this autofit happen automatically. What if some of my columns contain the odd very long entry? Then I would need to set those  columns to a much narrower width which takes longer than the above autofit.

(I could see theidea that the configurable text import has a checkbox on the formatting page to auto size the columns.)
Comment 3 ivo welch 2007-04-08 20:58:06 UTC
hi andreas---you are right.  I would also add column width to the right click menu when I highlight columns.  (I recall that oocalc has this.)  regards, /iaw
Comment 4 Andreas J. Guelzow 2010-06-24 08:09:39 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.