Re: [Libreoffice] Tab rename in Calc

On Mon Nov 15 2010 08:07:28 GMT-0800 (PST)  Kohei Yoshida wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 15:55 +0000, Michael Meeks wrote:
> > Hi Andy,
> >
> > On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 07:17 -0800, Andy Brown wrote:
> > > You are quite correct.  I made the mistake by saying copy instead of 
> > > move/copy.  Currently if you right click and select move/copy sheet then 
> > > click the copy box the sheet is renamed with a .# (.1,.2,.3 and so on). 
> > >   You then have to right click Rename or double click to change the 
> > > name.  Having the rename dialog open, even with the suggested .# name 
> > > would save a couple of clicks.  I have several spreadsheets that are 
> > > updated at least monthly.  I use the move/copy use the tab name as the 
> > > date is was updated and having the rename dialog open would be great.
> >         Personally I'm fine with that idea - of course, it is neater to have a
> > "New sheet name" entry inside the Move/Copy sheet dialog I think; that
> > is an easy enough hack.
>
> Yes, that was my initial thought too.  I prefer this to launching
> another modal dialog when dismissing the first modal dialog.

Works for me.  Save time in the process.

> >         It would be great if you could add it to the 'Easy Hacks' section in
> > the "Easy Programming Tasks" section - with a clear spec of what needs
> > doing; it would be even better if you took the task on :-) working with
> > VCL's resources there is quite a pain - and it'll increase the interest
> > in Ricardo's new layout work I think.
> >
> >         Kohei - if you object strongly - would be good to remove the Easy
> > Hack / discuss :-)
>
> Well, the only complication would be that calc also allows copying of
> multiple sheets when multiple sheets are selected, in which case we
> would need more than one sheet name input box.  We need to decide how we
> need to handle this before going further.  IMO this scenario somewhat
> complicates the matter, and I don't have a good solution to offer here,
> unfortunately.
>
> Kohei

I had not though of this but your correct some planning needs to go into 
this.

Andy