GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 163415
F2 discards colour for rich text
Last modified: 2005-01-10 15:21:59 UTC
1. New workbook 2. Type "abaa" in A1 3. Make "b" red (enter) 4. Select A1, Press F2, backspace (why is "a" selected?), enter 5. Select A1, Press F2, enter No more red. This might have something to do with 162961, but I thought it's different enough to deserve a new bug.
Created attachment 35705 [details] test file Open the test file, follow the instructions
Confirmed. ("a" is selected because it is the result of auto-completion.)
Yes, but what is it auto-completing? There isn't another "abaa" there. The problem seems to be that if you put anything in the first row (A1, B1, C1 etc.) and delete the last character with the backspace, it tries to auto-complete even if it shouldn't. Why? If you try to reproduce this bug in A2, it doesn't try to auto-complete, and it doesn't discard the red color either. I also think that auto-completing when deleting text is a bug, it should only happen when inserting text. But that's another bug.
That should have been "type anything in the first row (A1, B1, C1 etc.), press enter, up, F2 and delete the last character with the backspace". It doesn't auto-complete without pressing enter (strange). Also, if A1 has "abaa" (like in the attached file) and you try to reproduce this bug in A2, the bug appears (because now the auto-completion feature sees the "abaa" in A1). B2 however doesn't auto-complete or discard the color.
It's autocompleting itself. Probably a dubious feature, :-)
Fixed in cvs.