[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 158187] [feature request] copy rules from Manage < Conditional Formatting (to apply it to a different range instead of extending it)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158187

Stéphane Guillou (stragu) <stephane.guillou at libreoffice.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Summary|[feature request] copy      |[feature request] copy
                   |rules from Manage <         |rules from Manage <
                   |Conditional Formatting      |Conditional Formatting (to
                   |                            |apply it to a different
                   |                            |range instead of extending
                   |                            |it)
                 CC|                            |libreoffice-ux-advise at lists
                   |                            |.freedesktop.org,
                   |                            |mikekaganski at hotmail.com,
                   |                            |stephane.guillou at libreoffic
                   |                            |e.org
                URL|                            |https://ask.libreoffice.org
                   |                            |/t/conditional-formatting-m
                   |                            |ultiple-range/98131
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
             Blocks|                            |87351
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEEDINFO
           Keywords|                            |needsUXEval

--- Comment #2 from Stéphane Guillou (stragu) <stephane.guillou at libreoffice.org> ---
I understand the issue. But isn't the "copy" button you envisage a duplication
of the Clone Formatting button we already have?

In the past, users have been campaigning _for_ joining rules into a single one
if the rule was the same, because of the useless duplication in the conditional
formatting manager. See for example bug 80768, bug 81086, bug 87274 and bug
95295. 
A consequence of that is that it extends the range to which the rule applies.
It's great when the users wants exactly that (for example "highlight all values
above 100") because they can then edit the rule once to affect all ranges; but
it's quite bad if the ranges must work independently, like here (where top and
bottom values of a range are highlighted, in each range independently).

The same happens when cloning the formatting to another range.

It's hard to know when the users wants one or the other, so maybe the cloning
or copying of conditional formatting should prompt the user with two choices:
° extend the range to which this conditional formatting rule applies; or
° create a separate conditional formatting rule for this range

UX/Design team, thoughts? I don't have a thorough understanding of the history
of the feature.
Mike, you've touched this area before.
mattia, am I understanding the issue correctly?


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87351
[Bug 87351] [META] Conditional formatting bugs and enhancements
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