[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 140050] New: Do not autoformat numbers in brackets

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140050

            Bug ID: 140050
           Summary: Do not autoformat numbers in brackets
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: needsUXEval
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Calc
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org
                CC: erack at redhat.com,
                    libreoffice-ux-advise at lists.freedesktop.org,
                    noelgrandin at gmail.com, ooo at mechtilde.de

Entering a number in brackets converts it into the negative value. Like (1)
becomes -1. Without an option to switch this feature off one has to add a
single quote to ensure the entered content is text, eg. '(1).

The number in bracket format comes from accounting to better distinguish the
negative from positive numbers. But I understand it as the other way around,
negative numbers are shown differently. See also
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/192076/negative-numbers-in-brackets/

I would expect a number format that is applied automatically when the number is
entered in brackets.

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