Bug 46930

Summary: [UI] Drag and Drop Row / Column Headings should be possible be Move the headings
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot>
Component: SpreadsheetAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: medium CC: LibreOffice
Version: 3.5.0 release   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
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Description Nicolas Mailhot 2012-03-03 05:19:44 UTC
calc forces the user to click on one of the column/line cells to move it after selection, when the natural thing would be to drag the column/line button used to select it
Comment 1 Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2012-03-03 07:23:40 UTC
Sounds plausible at first sight. But I doubt that that will be modified because drag and drop Heading "B" behind "C" would let user expect that new order would be ACBD...

@reporter:
is there and Spreadsheet program doing it the way you request? Gnumeric does not.
Comment 2 Nicolas Mailhot 2012-03-03 08:15:31 UTC
That's how excel works for example and excel users have no such expectation as you describe:

1. they want to move column/lines
2. everywhere else in the office suite you can move items by selecting them, keeping the mouse button pressed, and dragging somewhere else
3. the column/line selection point is its heading

So having to switch selection point to start dragging is completely unatural and non-obvious
Comment 3 Nicolas Mailhot 2012-03-03 08:20:39 UTC
See how confusing the current UI is there:
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=56667

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