[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 141802] New: Unacceptable: Data loss when working with CSVs.

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141802

            Bug ID: 141802
           Summary: Unacceptable: Data loss when working with CSVs.
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Calc
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: bryanpaget at pm.me

Description:
My SO has been using Ubuntu and LibreOffice for a little while now. I am a
super Linux fan, I've been using Linux for many years. I'm always recommending
open source and Linux to people. It's super embarrassing for me when people run
into these UX problems.

The way LibreOffice handles CSVs is not intuitive. 

If you create new sheets in a CSV and then save and quit, only the active sheet
is actually saved.

This means it's easy for a user to lose data.

This is TERRIBLE UX.

Calc should not allow the user to create new sheets when working with a CSV.
Period.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open CSV
2. Create new Sheets with the Plus button
3. Add data to all your sheets.
4. Save and close (pressing OK on all the warnings)

Actual Results:
You lose everything except the active sheet.

Expected Results:
The user doesn't care about file formats.

The user expects all sheets to be saved.

Calc should very clearly warn the user, the existing warnings are not good
enough.

Calc should not allow the user to make a new sheet for a CSV.

Calc should provide a way to restore lost data from CSVs.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Related:

https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/242110/recover-overwritten-csv-files-with-multiple-worksheets/

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