Bug 142680

Summary: Disable Merge Cells for complex selections
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Telesto <telesto>
Component: UIAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: enhancement CC: heiko.tietze
Priority: medium    
Version: 4.4.7.2 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Whiteboard:
Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 103100    
Attachments: Example file
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Description Telesto 2021-06-06 05:37:18 UTC 
Description:
UI: Merge cells should be disabled instead of merging outside the selection

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the attached file
2. Select the top left (yellow) cell and drag to the left (so middle is also selected0
3. Table -> Merge cells

Actual Results:
All cells at the left removed

Expected Results:
Word does disable merge cells in such an situation


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha1+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 3b57ebb445df8a2bc3d916ea79f8af45e20e4e62
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL

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Versie: 4.4.7.2 
Build ID: f3153a8b245191196a4b6b9abd1d0da16eead600
Locale: nl_NL
Comment 1 Telesto 2021-06-06 05:37:32 UTC 
Created attachment 172652 [details]
Example file
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2021-06-07 07:18:35 UTC 
Created attachment 172662 [details]
Screenshot

For those like me who dislike to open documents: Merging 1 and 4 ends up in one big cell with 1,4,2,3.
Comment 3 Heiko Tietze 2021-06-07 07:19:55 UTC 
I fully agree with the request. If merging of cells is not possible for the current selection we should block the function rather than automatically extending the selection.