[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 139019] Unnecessary dialog box when attempting to sort single-column (or row) data

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139019

Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
IMO WONTFIX.

A contiguous cell range normally represents a set of data arranged into
columns/rows (a table). It's a common mistake that people don't realize that
sorting a single column in such a data set would ruin the relations between
data in records. The dialog is really needed to most of users, including both
basic users, and often even advanced users.

If one wants to work with independent sets of data on the same sheet, where
data in columns does not form records in rows, it's easy to arrange those sets
into separate "tables", e.g. by leaving an empty column between those.

Having a "do not ask" checkbox here seems really unnecessary, like "I insist in
doing things in a confusing way, creating contiguous ranges of unrelated data"
- which of course you are free to do as you please, but then it's unfair to
require to introduce UI just for that conceptually incorrect way of doing
things, so that everyone else is presented the introduced UI (and then someone
unexperienced, who might need the dialog, might unintentionally disable it, and
suffer).

Asking UX advise.

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