[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 149625] FORMATTING: Pasting a table cell, pastes the source cell in the upper/actual cell as an inner table cell

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149625

Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|NOTABUG                     |---
             Status|RESOLVED                    |NEW
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #17 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
There indeed is complete chaos here.

After I copied a whole cell:
1. Selecting a whole cell with a single paragraph of text (no matter if it's
empty or not), and pasting, replaces the target cell with the copied cell (no
inner cell);
2. Selecting a whole cell with multiple paragraphs of text (no matter if they
are empty or not), and pasting, clears the target cell content, and puts an
empty paragraph, an inner table with the copied cell, and an empty paragraph
(the latter would hide upon exit from the cell);
3. Putting cursor into the first paragraph (no matter which position inside
that paragraph; selecting some characters starting from that paragraph works
the same) inside the target cell, and pasting, replaces the target cell with
the copied cell (no inner cell);
4. Putting cursor to any other paragraph inside the target cell (or selecting
some characters starting from there), and pasting, splits the target cell text
at the cursor position, and places an inner table with copied cell there.

I can *not* see how any user (including advanced users) could make any sense of
this. I could see if it would always put inner tables when cursor is inside the
cell, splitting the text in the cursor position; and replacing the cell without
creating inner cells, when selecting the whole target cell; I could understand
if special keys could modify the paste result (Alt, Shift...) - but e.g. 2
makes *absolutely* no sense at all. Why should 1 differ from 2? Why 2 needs to
have a *leading* empty paragraph? Why its text must be cleared, if it (at least
its paragraph count) is considered when pasting? 3 vs. 4 is also unclear. Why I
can't split 1st paragraph? If 3 is so much wanted, why not limit 3 to only
empty cells - so that user would just del everything in advance in that cell
which they intend to replace?

Setting NEW. It needs a UX evaluation - not "if it is a bug", but "how to
improve".

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