[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 125646] calc undo doesn't separate auto-corrupt and user changes

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125646

--- Comment #13 from Anthony Youngman <anthony at youngman.org.uk> ---

> Besides, what is the actual problem if an email address or URL is recognized
> as such? Since 6.2 the cell display doesn't result anymore in the shaded
> field display, only the inline edit does.

Besides, what is the actual problem? I've just stumbled across an email to the
list of mine, dated 8th Feb. It shows pretty graphically how, by not doing what
the user expects, you can REALLY fuck things up. What's the saying? "To err is
human, to really foul things up requires a computer".

Try the following sequence of events ...

1) Enter an url into a cell.
2) Tab to the next cell, causing calc to autoformat the url. (This next cell
contains important information ... :-)
3) Spot a mistake in the url, so click on the cell intending to edit the url
4) Start editing the url, and realise that clicking on the url DID NOT select
the cell, so you've just trashed your important information ...

OOPS !!!

UI papercuts are serious problems because they result in corrupted user
documents. Just what *experienced* users in particular don't need. Ask any UI
specialist what experienced users hate with a vengeance, and one of those
things will be "inconsistent behaviour". Here we've just completely fucked
about with what any normal user will expect.

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