Re: [libreoffice-users] Copy Paste problem in tables with Writer 4.4

Hi Patrick.

I am actually testing with the 5.0 alpha and I can confirm the behaviour 
you see.

Cheers

On 29/05/15 22:58, Patrick Frost wrote:
> Since my screenshot didn't make it through, just know that I selected 
> the entire cell by going to the Table menu and choosing Select-->Cell
>
>
>
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> *From: *"Patrick Frost" <pfrost@redhat.com>
> *To: *"Tim Lloyd" <tim.lloyd@gmx.com>
> *Cc: *users@global.libreoffice.org
> *Sent: *Friday, May 29, 2015 8:53:45 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [libreoffice-users] Copy Paste problem in tables with 
> Writer 4.4
>
> In an effort to reduce confusion, I'm attaching a screenshot. Please 
> note the highlighted cell.
>
> Best regards,
> Patrick
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Tim Lloyd" <tim.lloyd@gmx.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 3:42:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Copy Paste problem in tables with 
> Writer 4.4
>
> Hi, I think I am misunderstanding some steps:
>
> 4) this is Ctrl+A right?
> 5) the text is still highlighted? I see a conflict between leaving the
> text highlighted (in which case you can't move the cursor and the text
> overwrites the original content) and clicking anywhere in the cell (in
> which case the text is pasted to wherever the cursor sits)
>
> Cheers
>
> On 29/05/15 05:35, Patrick Frost wrote:
> > I'm experiencing a change in behavior. Is it a bug or by design?
> >
> > Steps
> > 1) Open a new Text Document in Writer
> > 2) Insert a new Table (Ctrl+F12) with 1 row and 1 column
> > 3) Type some text into the cell
> > 4) Select the entire cell, not just the text within the cell, and 
> Copy the cell (Ctrl+C)
> > 5) Move the cursor anywhere within the cell except for the first 
> position and Paste (Ctrl+V)
> >
> > Results
> > In Writer 4.3.7.2-5.fc21, the paste from step 5 would completely 
> replace the contents of the cell with the contents from the clipboard.
> >
> > In Writer 4.4.3.2-4.fc22, the paste from step 5 pastes another 
> nested cell within the first cell. I prefer the behavior from Writer 
> 4.3, although I don't know whether the new behavior in Writer 4.4 is 
> by design.
> >
> > Workarounds
> > Note that Writer 4.4 behaves like Writer 4.3 (i.e. the paste from 
> step 5 completely replaces the contents of the cell with the contents 
> of the clipboard) if you move the cursor to the first position within 
> the cell before pasting. This is a reasonable workaround, although it 
> could slow me down somewhat.
> >
> > Another workaround is to copy the text within the cell rather than 
> copying the entire cell and then highlighting the entire cell before 
> pasting. Again, this is a reasonable, though somewhat slower workaround.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Patrick
> >
> > Patrick Frost
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