[Bug 158288] When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that are part of the merged cell are selected

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288

Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Severity|normal                      |enhancement
           Priority|medium                      |low
           Keywords|needsUXEval                 |
                 CC|libreoffice-ux-advise at lists |heiko.tietze at documentfounda
                   |.freedesktop.org            |tion.org

--- Comment #23 from Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org> ---
We discussed the topic in the design meeting.

On the one hand, one can argue that a selection starts on top-left and goes to
bottom-right. In case of merged cells it just includes the full area. In this
regard we are compatible with Excel - actually even better since extending the
selection beyond the merged cell we keep the narrow range. Reason for this is
that a merged cell is just "covering" what is below and values are kept (unlike
in case of Excel).

However, it might be also reasonable to depict the actual selection and to not
extend. Both methods would have benefits. A major blocker is the fact that
disjoint cells cannot be selected, only ranges. As long this isn't possible we
must not change the current behavior.

Totally unclear why this should be a regression.

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