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title="UNCONFIRMED - Cell editing does not allow arrows within the cell if it starts with ="
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139877">139877</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Cell editing does not allow arrows within the cell if it starts with =
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>7.0.4.2 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>All
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Calc
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>ddascalescu+freedesktop@gmail.com
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<pre>Created <span class=""><a href="http://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=169120" name="attach_169120" title="Google Sheets handles this better">attachment 169120</a> <a href="http://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=169120&action=edit" title="Google Sheets handles this better">[details]</a></span>
Google Sheets handles this better
Scenario: after you've started typing a formula in a cell, you realize the
first character was wrong, e.g. you wanted to start with a parenthesis.
Goal: use the keyboard to change the first character
1. In a cell, type `=1 + 2 + 3`
2. Press Left arrow
Even though it doesn't make sense to insert a cell reference at this point (the
cursor is not after an operand), Calc will take pressing the arrow keys as
navigation among cells.
3. Press Backspace to delete the `+ 3` part.
4. Try again to press Left arrow to hopefully reach `1`.
Google Sheets handles this correctly, as seen in the attached screencast.
In Calc, you need to leave the incorrect formula by pressing Enter, then return
to editing the cell.</pre>
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