[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112057] Clarify what Cell Edit Mode in Calc means

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112057

Buovjaga <todventtu at suomi24.fi> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEEDINFO                    |NEW
            Summary|Update help to reflect the  |Clarify what Cell Edit Mode
                   |fact that F2 no longer      |in Calc means
                   |exits Calc cell edit mode   |

--- Comment #2 from Buovjaga <todventtu at suomi24.fi> ---
(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #1)
> it does exit Edit mode, if you hit F2 for the second time in a cell where
> input was started by entering text/numbers, rather than by hitting F2..
> 
> So the Help should clarify this - although bug 70129 requests for change of
> the behavior.

Let me put my user hat on.

For me, Edit mode is enabled, when the cursor starts to blink. When I exit Edit
mode, the cursor stops blinking.

Today is the first time I have heard about a mysterious third state, where the
cursor is blinking, but I am not in The Officially Approved Edit mode. It does
explain the awkwardness of starting to edit by typing in Calc which I've always
wondered about..

To make things even more wonderful, have a try using the menu Edit - Cell Edit
Mode. It doesn't toggle anything: it just keeps re-enabling the Edit mode.

I tried hunting for documentation on this quirky Cell Edit Mode.
This does not even mention it: https://help.libreoffice.org/Calc/Edit

I downloaded Calc 4.1 guide. It has this in the Input settings section:
Press Enter to switch to edit mode
Specifies that pressing Enter puts the selected cell into edit mode. To end
Edit mode and move the cursor in the desired direction, press Enter again.

So the Calc guide seems to agree with my simple user logic where Edit mode ==
blinking cursor.. There is nothing further in the guide about edit mode,
besides the information copied from the help section "Function Keys Used in
Spreadsheets"

Thus: we need documentation which distinguishes starting to edit by typing and
starting to edit by double-clicking/F2/Edit - Cell Edit Mode.

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