Row context menu cannot copy-paste multiple rows

[DaloLorn]

This one feels more like a bug report than a feature request. It almost did end up being a feature request on behalf of another BGTSCC dev (a new convert! 😂), but I did some tests to make sure it wasn't a feature that already existed. (They may be satisfied with my findings on that front, but still, it seemed worth reporting.)

It turns out that if you select a row for cutting, copying or pasting via the context menu, you can only cut/copy/paste one row at a time. Even if you work around this by using Ctrl-Shift-C, subsequently using the context menu options to insert the contents of the clipboard above/below the selected row will only insert the topmost row from the clipboard. Ctrl-Shift-V would instead insert all the copied rows above the selected row. Overwriting multiple rows at a time is therefore impossible, and inserting multiple rows below another row is only possible by Ctrl-Shift-Ving onto the next row.

I don't think there's any urgent need for a solution, though. Just thought you should know.

[kevL]

hi D,

It turns out that if you select a row for cutting, copying or pasting via the context menu, you can only cut/copy/paste one row at a time.

yes it's a known anomaly ... if you want to do multi-row ops (cut,copy,paste,delete) use the Rows menu (or Ctrl+Shift+ )

Yata originally had only single-row editing. The contextmenu for rows was designed to select a row and do an operation for that row (only). The Rows menu at the top was added later (along with Ctrl+Shift+ ) to handle multi-row edits

but i never implemented multi-row Paste on that contextmenu ...

Even if you work around this by using Ctrl-Shift-C, subsequently using the context menu options to insert the contents of the clipboard above/below the selected row will only insert the topmost row from the clipboard.

yep. I don't really want to change that because RMB selects that row and (see below)

Ctrl-Shift-V would instead insert all the copied rows above the selected row.

think of it as pasting AT the row-id that's selected (the currently selected row therefore gets shoved down). Multi-row pasting (via the Rows menu or Ctrl+Shift+ ) without a row selected should paste copied rows at the bottom of the table. The reason im not keen on implementing multi-row paste with the contextmenu is that RMB (at present) needs to actively select a row ... (which makes it impossible to do a multi-row paste at the bottom of the table with the contextmenu)*

Overwriting multiple rows at a time is therefore impossible,

That's the bug (or rather lack of feature) -- Yata can't (at present) overwrite multiple rows (I'd want that as a special command on the Rows menu, i guess) (ie. after the paste you have to delete the rows that are no longer needed)

and inserting multiple rows below another row is only possible by Ctrl-Shift-Ving onto the next row.

yep. Remember, paste/insert is done AT the currently selected row, pushing that row down. To paste at the bottom, use the Rows menu or Ctrl+Shift+ without any row(s) selected.

(same behavior for Column ops)

ps. Looks like i found and fixed a bug when cutting multiple cells ... I played around with the multi-row ops and forgot to hold [Shift] ... if you find something that throws an exception, or something that you can't do (other than overwriting multiple rows) pls let me know eh? I don't get much time to find broken stuff on my own ...

pps. Am working on the next release build but other stuff keeps getting thrown at me :)

• sort of -- i could hijack the PasteBelow op

[DaloLorn]

... Did this ever actually get fixed in newer versions? I randomly noticed the issue was still open. 😂

(Still no pressure if it's not! Just thought maybe it's a bookkeeping error instead of a genuine lack of resolution.)

[kevL]

hey D.
"Rows" on the mainmenu should have Paste-replace as well as Paste-insert now. But i think the rightclick contextmenu will remain single-row-only operations. (Shift+click selects multiple rows to be overwritten)

Basically, if you want to do multirow operations, use either "Rows" on the mainmenu or [Shift] with the usual [Ctrl]+c/x/v keys.

I keep the ticket open because multirow ops could be added to the contextmenu ... but honestly, doing so wouldn't be fixing a bug but adding a feature.

unless there's something I'm missing,