Bug 40993 - Calc: Pulling down formula over merged cells unmerges them
Summary: Calc: Pulling down formula over merged cells unmerges them
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Spreadsheet (show other bugs)
Version: 3.6.0.4 release
Hardware: All All
: high normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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: 76972 (view as bug list)
Depends on: 59585
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Reported: 2011-09-18 10:34 UTC by M
Modified: 2014-06-22 09:08 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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ODS file to reproduce behavior (7.40 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet)
2011-09-18 10:34 UTC, M
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Description M 2011-09-18 10:34:12 UTC
Created attachment 51318 [details]
ODS file to reproduce behavior

Hi,
I am using LibreOffice 3.4.3 OOO340m1 (Build:302) on Ubuntu 11.04_64bit. It seems Calc resplits merged cells when you draw a formula over it with the lower right handle. What I did is: 
1.) create two adjacent cells with e.g. 1 and 2 in it. 
2.) When you merge & center cells below it and add e.g. =AVERAGE(). You will get a centered value of 1.5 in the cell. That is fine. 
3.)Drawing the formula down over more merged cells will split them and align the value of 1.5 into the left slice.

See attached file to try it for yourself.

This behavior seems odd. I guess it's probably an unwanted behavior or not?

Cheers
Comment 1 Björn Michaelsen 2011-12-23 12:37:44 UTC
[This is an automated message.]
This bug was filed before the changes to Bugzilla on 2011-10-16. Thus it
started right out as NEW without ever being explicitly confirmed. The bug is
changed to state NEEDINFO for this reason. To move this bug from NEEDINFO back
to NEW please check if the bug still persists with the 3.5.0 beta1 or beta2 prereleases.
Details on how to test the 3.5.0 beta1 can be found at:
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Comment 2 M 2012-01-22 12:51:27 UTC
Still exists in:

LibreOffice 3.5.0rc1 
Build ID: b6c8ba5-8c0b455-0b5e650-d7f0dd3-b100c87

Switched from NEEDINFO back to NEW.
Comment 3 M 2012-03-09 07:56:07 UTC
Hello,

I tested this on Microsoft Office 2010 to see how it handles this type of setup. In Microsoft office it is not allowed to pull it over unevenly divided cells. I am not sure if it is just a flavor of handling this or it is a bug in LibreOffice. But I think it is probably a bug as you change the cell layout, that you probably set up a priori.
Comment 4 Doug Naphas 2013-11-24 21:53:33 UTC
This is still present in v 4.2.0.0.alpha0+, Ubuntu 12.04, Build ID 960aee493a7bdbda69cbe60049edd9c4cafaab8e.
Comment 5 m.a.riosv 2014-04-03 03:06:07 UTC
*** Bug 76972 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 m.a.riosv 2014-04-03 03:07:02 UTC
Reproducible:
Win7x64
Comment 7 kloud 2014-06-21 03:02:59 UTC
Still present in v4.2 and v4.3 RC1 on XP 32 bit.

But it's not just formulas. Pulling continuing numbers also does reverse the merging of cells both horizontally and vertically.

It is an important bug, 'cause it makes dragging the handle useless when working with a line of merged cells. At least directly.

This issue is linked to the enhancement proposal in Bug 59585.


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