[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 52359] New: "Show Details" won't work as expected

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Sun Jul 22 22:35:12 CEST 2012


https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52359

             Bug #: 52359
           Summary: "Show Details" won't work as expected
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 3.5.4 release
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Spreadsheet
        AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: dszabo at flyordie.com


Created attachment 64501
  --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=64501
Spreadsheet containing multi level outline.

"Data" / "Group and Outline" / "Show Details" is always disabled unless _all_
cells in all rows of the same outline level are selected. Also, it will open
only the deepest outline level and the path to that level remains hidden.

See the attached ODS file.

It includes a multi level outline, which is closed to the top level.

Now, if you search for the string "a" the cell found will be hidden on level 5.
(The cell cursor will be positioned in the hidden area.)

There is no simple and intuitive way to show the found cell.

"Show Details" is disabled because there are two rows on that level. Moreover,
it's barely possible to select the rows using the keyboard. If you know somehow
that there is a row on the same level _above_ the current cell, you can use
SHIFT+UP to select cells in both rows and then "Show Details" becomes enabled.
But if you use it, only those two rows will be revealed and the outline path
remains hidden. Of course, you won't know how many rows there are on the same
outline level so you will have to use the mouse (using the keyboard is
practically impossible) to select the top level row _and_ the row below it just
to make sure all rows of the same outline level are selected. Now, you can use
"Show Details" to expand the full outline tree, also branches that are
irrelevant to the search you started with.

So the only possibility is to use the mouse (there is no keyboard equivalent)
to click on the + sings to the left of the spreadsheet until you find your cell
in the outline hierarchy. If the outline is complex this will take quite a long
time because the cell you are looking for may be scrolled out of view.

Also, it's impossible to write a custom macro to accomplish the task (=show the
found cell), because there is no API to access the outline level of a cell, see
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=112717

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