[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 142214] New: Improve Calc's auto-complete feature

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142214

            Bug ID: 142214
           Summary: Improve Calc's auto-complete feature
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.4.7.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Calc
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: dennisfrancis.in at gmail.com

Description:
Calc's auto-complete behaviour is different from that of its other popular
alternatives and there is some scope for user experience improvement by
reducing differences such as:

1. Calc auto-complete should offer suggestions only from the block of nonempty
cells above/below the current cell; ie. imagine you have "Hello" in A1. When
the user is in A2, they should be getting suggestions when they start typing an
"H"; but when the user is in in A4, A5 or A1000, there should be no suggestions
at all.

2. It should offer no suggestions until it is completely clear that there are
no options any more ie. imagine you have "Hello", "Hero", "Hesitate" in A1, A2,
A3. When in A4, and press "H" -> just "H" appears, now on adding an "e" ->
still no suggestion, and finally on adding a "s" -> suggestion "Hesitate" (with
the "itate" selected) appears. Currently Calc starts showing auto-completion
with some chosen word from the list of possible matches, so the user has to pay
close attention whether the current completion is correct or not.

Steps to Reproduce:
Currently Calc's behaviour is different from the points (1) and (2) mentioned
in the description.

Actual Results:
For point (1) Calc auto completes even in A4 or A5 or A1000
For point (2) Calc auto completes to "Hello" on typing just "H" even though
there are other choices.

Expected Results:
Mentioned in the description in points 1 & 2.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 6.4.7.2
Build ID: 1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: en-US (en_IN); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

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