[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 150271] [UI][RFE] clearly visible hint or tooltip when entering a non-number Conditional Formatting condition (see comment 13)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150271

--- Comment #22 from Eike Rathke <erack at redhat.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #14)
> I believe an input field tells the user that it simply accepts text. Any
> restriction to numbers, dates etc. should have an indicator, if the input is
> processed it needs some kind of feedback like good/bad. But how should
> anyone know that entering an equation is possible and the result is being
> used? And for what purpose is that complexity good for?
? There are enough cases in the wild where a condition evaluates against a
formula expression, and if it's only to compare against the calculation of some
neighbouring cells.


> Anyway, we discussed the topic in the design meeting and follow Eike's
> suggestion to resolve WF.
I did not suggest to resolve this as WF.

I'm implementing a better check on the input expression that will clarify error
conditions, without modifying the UI any further.

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