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Bug 504004 - Ins/del col/row in the middle of merged cell does not expand/shrink merged cell correctly
Ins/del col/row in the middle of merged cell does not expand/shrink merged ce...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: General
git master
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Morten Welinder
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-12-17 07:51 UTC by Reggie Chan
Modified: 2015-12-13 22:07 UTC
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Description Reggie Chan 2007-12-17 07:51:51 UTC 
Steps to reproduce:
1. merge D4:F4
2. select E3
3. click "Insert > Columns"

Excel behavior:
4. expand merged cell from D4:F4 to D4:G4, with style expanded as well.

Gnumeric behavior:
4. merged cell remains as D4:F4, although style is copied.
Comment 1 Jody Goldberg 2007-12-17 13:53:32 UTC 
replicated.

Insert should be an easy fix, delete may take more thought.

Gnumeric doesn't allow the selection of part of a merged cell in the UI, and we didn't implement the required logic.
Comment 2 Morten Welinder 2015-12-12 19:41:09 UTC 
Hmm...

This fell through the cracks.  It shouldn't be too hard to fix, though.

The meat is in gnm_sheet_merge_relocate.  There seems to be at least
two issues with inserting:

1. If insert happens in the middle of a merge, we don't extend.  [as noted]

2. If the right/bottom end of the merge is pushed off the end of the sheet
   we don't shrink the merge, but simply drop it.  A size-2 merge should be
   dropped, but a size-3 merge should shrink to size 2.
Comment 3 Morten Welinder 2015-12-13 22:07:18 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in our software repository. The fix will go into the next software release. Once that release is available, you may want to check for a software upgrade provided by your Linux distribution.