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Bug 56172 - Function argument viewing (a la Excel)
Function argument viewing (a la Excel)
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
: 587083 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2001-06-14 06:41 UTC by Neil
Modified: 2010-06-15 04:00 UTC
See Also:
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Description Neil 2001-06-14 06:41:43 UTC 
Type CTRL+SHIFT+A after a function name, with or without an opening
parenthesis, to get the argument names filled in (far more useful, along
with F9 subexpression calculation, than a silly function wizard).
Comment 1 Jody Goldberg 2002-10-14 05:37:07 UTC 
This should be an easy addition to the expr-entry widget
A good project for someone
Comment 2 Jody Goldberg 2004-02-29 07:10:47 UTC 
looks like ctrl-a launches the guru, and ctrl-A fils in the args
Comment 3 Jody Goldberg 2005-01-14 01:31:03 UTC 
This would still be a nice addition, but it's clearly not high priority.
Comment 4 Jody Goldberg 2005-07-04 14:37:25 UTC 
Muthu is working on this.
Comment 5 Jon Kåre Hellan 2006-10-27 08:19:29 UTC 
Excel now displays a tooltip with the signature of the last entered function
name when you type '('. More useful, than <shift><ctrl>a, IMO, although they've still got that.

E.g.
=log(1+sin(cos(
               +-----------+
               |COS(number)|
               +-----------+
Comment 6 Andreas J. Guelzow 2009-06-27 01:47:41 UTC 
*** Bug 587083 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Andreas J. Guelzow 2010-06-14 19:42:39 UTC 
We now have the tooltip. This should handle this suggestion. (Of course this tool tip could use lots of improvements.)

 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.
Comment 8 Andreas J. Guelzow 2010-06-15 04:00:18 UTC 
So the improvements have been made...