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Hi Kohei,

On Thursday, 2014-06-05 13:33:13 -0400, Kohei Yoshida wrote:

In Calc, you can go to Data -> Sort, and choose to copy the sorted
results to someplace else, rather than the default option of sorting in
place.

I'm just wondering if anyone would miss this feature if it got removed.

It is even defined in ODF, <table:sort attribute
table:target-range-address=...>, it is part of a <table:database-range>
element, and if the source range is modified choosing menu Data ->
Refresh Range will update the target range with the current sorted data.

The UI is a bit awkward, and not clear what the associated two fields
(left drop-down and right input fields) are supposed to take.

Left drop-down list has defined (DB) range names, right input field
takes the top-left cell address of the output range.

Also, handling this option internally would require quite some extra
effort, which, when one is trying to fix issues associted with this,
would pose a greater risk of breaking things.

Any objections for removing this?

Yes. I'm almost certain that some enterprise users actually use this
feature.

  Eike

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