[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 131916] CALC, editing: 'select data area' option (ctrl+*) keybinding does not work; menu use is ok

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131916

--- Comment #2 from casapr at jumplink.org ---
I am not typing ctrl+shift+* as you believe.
I am typing the correct key(s) of ctrl+*

You are misinterpreting my additional information whereby I explained the exact
keys I was pressing on a USA keyboard - ctrl+shift+8 - in order to result in
the correct combination of ctrl+*  This was only for the sake of clarity and
completeness since there are different layouts worldwide.

I also confirmed the correct keys are being pressed by stating it works in
Excel, but not Calc.

With your reply, however, I was able to determine the specifics of the bug.

There are TWO '*' keys on SOME keyboards. There is the regular '*' (above the
numerica '8' on USA keyboards) and then (on some keyboards) there is an
additional on the keypad.

I do not use and do not have a keypad.  Most laptops or portable devices or
touchscreen keyboards do not either.  Therefore the vast majority of computing
devices in the world do not have nor use an numeric keypad.  They only enter
the 'standard' keys on the main portion of they keyboard.  On USA keyboard this
means they enter the '*' above the 8.

The bug therefore is this:
Calc is ONLY accepting and working with ctrl+* when the asterisk is coming from
a keypad. (I confirmed ths by pulling out an old keyboard and it DOES work in
Calc once I type ctrl-* using numpad).  Calc however is not also accepting and
using '*' from the regular keyboard.  This is the bug.

FIX: for the command of "select data area" which is bound to ctrl+* key, Calc
needs to be update to work with the following TWO keys:
ctrl+* (from regular keyboard; currently this binding does not exist)
ctrl+* (from number pad; this binding exists and works)

Excel works with both. And the are both 'humanly' equivalent.  They are only
different to the computer and Calc because they have two different keycodes.

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