[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 142600] New: Link to External Data Source dialogue should list HTML tables in order

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142600

            Bug ID: 142600
           Summary: Link to External Data Source dialogue should list HTML
                    tables in order
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 7.0.4.2 release
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Calc
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: stephane.guillou at member.fsf.org

Description:
When using Sheet > Link to External Data... and pointing to a website that has
more than 9 tables, the order of tables in the dialogue is not the same as in
the source.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Calc
2. Go to "Sheet > Link to External Data..."
3. Paste a URL in "URL of External Data Source", for example
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings
4. Press Enter on the keyboard
5. Use defaults in the "Import Options" dialog and click "OK".

Actual Results:
The tables are listed in the order:

HTML_1
HTML_10
HTML_11
HTML_12
HTML_2
HTML_3
etc.

Expected Results:
The tables should be listed in the same order as in the HTML page's source
code.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
This matters as you can pick several tables to import. If you pick a range or
cherry-pick a number of them (using Ctrl + click), the user would expect to see
them imported into the spreadsheet in the same order as in the original source.

A cumbersome workaround would be to:
- Import table 1
- Import the ones you want between 2 and 9
- Import the ones you want between 10 and 12

Alternatively, import HTML_tables and remove the ones you don't want to keep.

Tested on 3 versions:

Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha1+ / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: e718f0e703c0fb33a0b1b5efe7b13b02c25f3335
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64 at 86-TDF, Branch:master, Time:
2021-05-30_21:49:59
Calc: threaded

Version: 7.1.3.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 47f78053abe362b9384784d31a6e56f8511eb1c1
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Version: 7.0.4.2
Build ID: 00(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 1:7.0.4_rc2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
Calc: threaded

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