GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 137424
Cursor keys should move selection
Last modified: 2009-08-15 18:40:50 UTC
[Originally filed as http://bugs.debian.org/238392] Subject: Bug#238392: gnumeric: Cursor keys should move selection From: Christopher Allen <cpcallen@ruah.dyndns.org> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 20:50:45 +0000 Package: gnumeric Version: 1.2.6-1 Severity: wishlist Perhaps this is just Excel-centricity, but it would be really nice if the selection could be moved (i.e., one could select a different cell) using the cursor keys, rather than only by clicking on the desired cell. (That is, if I'm on A1 and press right-arrow, I would be on B1.)
I don't understand. That should work for normal movement and range selection. Can you be more specific ?
Woops - looks like I was too quick in forwarding this. I misunderstood the original reporter and thought he'd want a selection to be movable using the cursor keys.
Subject: #238391 gnumeric: Unable to enter data / text into cell without double-clicking From: Christopher Allen <cpcallen@ruah.dyndns.org> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 20:47:59 +0000 Package: gnumeric Version: 1.2.6-1 Severity: normal According to the documentation, I should be able to enter text or data into a cell by selecting the cell and then typing, but I find this does not work. I must either double-click the cell or select it then click in the editing region (at the top of the worksheet).
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:25:02 +0100 From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <jdassen@debian.org> Subject: Re: Bug#238391: gnumeric: Unable to enter data / text into cell without double-clicking I cannot reproduce this problem; gnumeric behaves as documented for me. Please provide more details about your GUI environment. What window manager are you using? Are you sure the gnumeric window has the input focus already? (Is the problem repeatable for you after you've entered data in one cell?)
From: Christopher Allen <cpcallen@ruah.dyndns.org> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:33:58 +0000 Subject: Re: Bug#238391: gnumeric: Unable to enter data / text into cell without double-clicking I am using twm, running on an iBook2. The window definitely has focus. The problem is entirely repeatable. Here are some other things that don't work as expected (and that may be related): - Cursor keys never move the selection (see wishlist bug filed separately). - When entering a formula, if I click on another cell to include a reference to it in the formula, I have to click on the edit box before I continue typing or no further keystrokes will be registered. - Typing tab does not complete data/text/formula entry (but enter does). (Perhaps this is by design?)
From: Christopher Allen <cpcallen@ruah.dyndns.org> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 23:24:07 +0000 Subject: Re: Bug#238391: gnumeric: Unable to enter data / text into cell without double-clicking I think this bug should be closed. I discovered that everything worked just as I expected it to on sheets two and three of the spreadsheet I was working on (but persisted in not working on sheet one!) Unfortunately, I copied my data to sheet two and deleted sheet one - and can no longer reproduce the bug, even starting with a bank workbook. The cursor-key wishlist bug should be closed too, as I see that works as expected as well. Very sorry to have troubled you. There probably is a bug in there somewhere, but obviously it's not that easy to trigger, and easy enough to work around...
Seems to have been a fluke.