[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 125914] Validation with cells referencing themselves always gives error

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125914

--- Comment #7 from Aron Budea <baron at caesar.elte.hu> ---
Please read both of my previous explanations:

(In reply to Aron Budea from comment #0)
> "equal to" setting that refers to the cell itself. This means only the basic
> criteria is taken into account (whole number, decimal, date, time), and any
> such entry can be entered.

(In reply to Aron Budea from comment #5)
> The point of self-referring the cell is that you only want to allow the
> entry of a specific type of data (ie. whole numbers, decimals etc.), but
> want to put no further restriction on it. There's no such option in the
> "Data" dropdown, so it can't be done in a different way AFAIK.

Trying once again with an explanation. If you set it to eg. whole number this
way, only a whole number can be entered in the cell. It's a way to only allow
certain type of data to be entered, without having to specify further,
unnecessary restrictions.

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