[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 128719] New: FORMATTING: Clone Formatting should allow typing when in multiple selection mode

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128719

            Bug ID: 128719
           Summary: FORMATTING: Clone Formatting should allow typing when
                    in multiple selection mode
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: Inherited From OOo
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: medium
         Component: Calc
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: documentfoundation at resotek.com

Description:
Clone Formatting should not exit multiple-selection mode when the user enters
text; it should remain in multiple-selection mode until the paintbrush is
clicked off, or until ESC is pressed. This way, a formatting style can follow
the cursor throughout the document, so the user does not have to paste the
formatting after typing in each new location.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Double-click on the paintbrush to enter clone formatting multiple-selection
2.Click in cell2 and type with same format
3.Click on cell3, type more text

Actual Results:
The format was not cloned onto cell3 because the multiple-selection mode was
deactivated as soon as the user began typing into the cell. Consequently, the
user must select clone formatting after each newly typed cell, or use multiple
selection mode then identify each of the new cells and select them. Both
work-arounds are tedious.

Expected Results:
Clone Formatting Multiple-selection mode should persist until clicking on the
paintbrush again, thus allowing formatted typing to follow the cursor until the
user exits Clone Formatting mode deliberately by clicking on the paintbrush
again.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Note that the Help does not mention that the clone formatting multiple
selection mode will be disabled as soon as the user starts typing.
From
https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Copying_Attributes_With_the_Clone_Formatting_Tool

You can use the Clone Formatting tool to copy formatting from a text selection
or from an object and apply the formatting to another text selection or object.
Note.png        In Calc, the Clone Formatting tool only applies to cell
formatting.

    Select the text or object whose formatting you want to copy.

    On the Standard Bar, click the Clone Formatting icon.
    The cursor changes to a paint bucket.
    If you want to apply the formatting to more than one selection,
double-click the Clone Formatting icon
    Icon
    . After you apply all the formatting, click the icon again.
    Select or click the text or object that you want to apply the formatting
to.

Tip.png         By default only the character formatting is copied ; to include
paragraph formatting, hold down Ctrl when you click. To copy only the paragraph
formatting, hold down Ctrl+Shift when you click.

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