https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169602
Bug ID: 169602
Summary: Option to turn off Text Import dialog
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Calc
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
Suggesting to allow option to bypass the "Text Import" window when pasting or
drag & dropping multiple lines of text from external window, into a Calc
spreadsheet.
This window can be very inefficient.
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open Calc
2.Open or create a document in a text editor with mulitiple lines of text
3.Highlight those multiple lines of text
4.Drag & drop or cut & paste those multiple lines of text into Calc spreadsheet
5.You will see "Text Import" dialog
Actual Results:
Currently if you paste or drag & drop multiple lines of text from an external
window, into Calc spreadsheet, it opens up the "Text Import" window. This
window can be helpful but at least to me, more often can make things less
efficient. Often just want to paste the multiple lines into spreadsheet and
have no need for this window, so it can be an extra step.
If performing this pasting / d&d action often, this window can really make
things feel even less efficient.
Hard to say because sometimes this window could be desired/beneficial so a
setting hidden away in "Options" window might not be that convenient to have to
access if often have need to turn this on/off.
Expected Results:
Suggestions
Here are just some ideas that maybe could be added to improve this action.
TOOLBAR
(This would work with keyboard paste and mouse drag & drop)
Could be offered in the form of a toolbar button toggle that can easily turn
this on/off.
SHORTCUT - ON/OFF TOGGLE
(This would work with keyboard paste and mouse drag & drop)
Shortcut to toggle this action on/off same as toolbar button mentioned above
SHORTCUT - PASTE NO DIALOG
(This would work with keyboard only)
Shortcut for a "paste" action that would paste multiple lines of text without
opening "Text Import" window.
(Again would not solve mouse drag & drop so not a full solution but could still
be beneficial to add and may be helpful if added with the following mouse
suggestion below)
MOUSE - DRAG & DROP
(This would work with mouse only)
This would be difficult because would need to offer a way for user to choose
their preferred behavior, for example....
Behavior 1
-LMB drag and drop = pastes text no window
-LMB drag and drop + hold CTRL = pastes text with window
Behavior 2
-LMB drag and drop = pastes text with window (currently the default behavior)
-LMB drag and drop + hold CTRL = pastes text no window
The option of letting user choose would be better because to some having to
hold extra modifier keys every time this action is performed may not be an
efficient approach either
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
For me the preferred behavior (point of this post) is to allow the common
default behaviors for "paste" and "D&D" to be paste with no window so these
actions are instant. Then have secondary behaviors/actions to provide the
"Text Import" window when it is desired to be accessed, with keyboard and or
mouse.
If any other developers/users have any ideas as well, please share them.
Thank you to anyone who reads this
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