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Bug 699746 - ctrl+A in current cell indicator area should not select spreadsheet cells
ctrl+A in current cell indicator area should not select spreadsheet cells
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: GUI
git master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-05-06 10:28 UTC by Adam Dingle
Modified: 2013-05-27 22:49 UTC
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Description Adam Dingle 2013-05-06 10:28:19 UTC
To see the problem, click in the current cell indicator area to place the keyboard focus there, then type Ctrl+A.  All spreadsheet cells are selected.  This is unexpected, since in GNOME apps Ctrl+A generally selects all text in the area with the keyboard focus.  It's also inconsistent with pressing Ctrl+A in the formula entry area to the right, in which case spreadsheet cells are not selected.
Comment 1 Morten Welinder 2013-05-07 01:12:02 UTC
Hmm...

The goto box is a GtkEntry; the formula entry area is a GnmExprEntry which
is box with an entry in it.

The difference seems to be that while the GnmExprEntry is active, a number
of actions -- including select-all -- are inactive.  (Select-all has two
accelerators: ctrl-shift-space and ctrl-a.)
Comment 2 Andreas J. Guelzow 2013-05-27 22:19:56 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.
Comment 3 Adam Dingle 2013-05-27 22:49:17 UTC
Thanks for the fix!