[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 77116] UI: The input line (single line modes) doesn't show any text in case of a multi-line cell with an empty first line

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77116

Eike Rathke <erack at redhat.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Keywords|easyHack, needsDevEval      |

--- Comment #14 from Eike Rathke <erack at redhat.com> ---
(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #11)
> (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #10)
> > Right. And the simple solution is to automatically expand the dropdown (as
> > by clicking on the button right-hand) in case of multiline content.
> But wouldn't that mean that I see my document jumping up and down in my face?
Yes, and for this reason I strongly advise against it.

(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #12)
> Yes, the only alternative is to move the input line to the sidebar. But not
> all users have this active.
Having the Input Line in the comparative narrow sidebar is not an option, as it
is a convenient mean to display or edit longer formula expressions. Also, it is
not a simple UI control but a full featured EditEngine instance and last but
not least the entire formula bar where the Input Line resides is not a toolbar
but a window (which allows resizing the Input Line between one line and
multiple lines) and the Input Line is synchronized with the active cell edit
engine in the sheet. I doubt all that is doable with the sidebar.

(In reply to Frank Lehmann from comment #13)
> The input line could also just show the first line of the cell that is not
> an empty line and/or contains characters.
If EditEngine would allow such thing then maybe. However, when editing there
you'd still need the entire content again.

Somehow leading empty lines in a cell are such a corner case..

Btw, removing the proposed easyHack which it certainly is not.

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