Bug 48763 - TABLE FORMATTING: (context menu) setting "Number recognition" should be possible for each individual cell
Summary: TABLE FORMATTING: (context menu) setting "Number recognition" should be possi...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: ux-advise (show other bugs)
Version: Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2012-04-16 02:31 UTC by sasha.libreoffice
Modified: 2013-07-11 13:50 UTC (History)
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Description sasha.libreoffice 2012-04-16 02:31:27 UTC 
When we right mouse click on table in Writer, there is option "Number recognition". It has some problem:

Currently "Number recognition" works globally. And when disabled, number format
of cell resets to "Text" when we delete content of cell and type another.
Expected: "Number recognition" can set individually for each table (otherwise
it should be "Global number recognition"). And when disabled it not changes
format of cells, just not recognize content.

Actually: "Number recognition" enables/disables globally. And changes format of
newly changed cells to "Text"

Reproduced in 3.3.4 and 3.5.2 on Fedora 64 bit
Comment 1 Harald Koester 2012-04-16 03:39:50 UTC 
Hi Sasha,

as far as I tested the function, disabling of "Number recognition" does not change the number format of existing cells. Only if you change the content of a cell the number format is changed to "Text". And afterwords you can still assign new number formats to all cells.

The help text of the option "Number recognition" says: "If *Number recognition* is not marked, numbers are saved in text format and are automatically left-aligned."

The behaviour is not very transparent, but according to the description I think it is OK. So, to my opinion an individual "Number Recognition" is an enhancement, but not a bug. 

Harald
Comment 2 Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2012-05-02 23:25:28 UTC 
Currently (parallel installation of Master "LOdev 3.6.0alpha0+  – WIN7 Home Premium (64bit) ENGLISH UI [Build ID: 52348aa]" (tinderbox: Win-x86@6-fast, pull time 2012-04-27 21:25:23)) context menu shows and changes setting in menu 'Tools -> Options -> LibO WRITER -> Table - Input in Table - Number Recognition'. Indeed, it would be nice to have that for each individual cell. But IMHO we need some more definitions for such an enhancement (What setting with priority to what other one, how can we recognize cells with individual setting, ...). 
Without that additional research this request can not be fulfilled. May be ux-advise knows more? I will ask.

The current limitation has been inherited from OOo.
Comment 3 Joel Madero 2013-07-02 04:49:50 UTC 
It is a valid request - marking as NEW - also requesting input from ux.

@UX team - once you guys come up with a plan here (or close as wontfix) please set component back to writer. Thanks!
Comment 4 Joel Madero 2013-07-02 04:50:25 UTC 
Astron - sorry I added you instead of mailing list - you mind registering mailing list on FDO so I can make it default cc?
Comment 5 UX-advise List 2013-07-04 14:31:54 UTC 
Joel: go ahead :)

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