Description: If you copy "mail@mail.com" or "https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/" and then try to paste without hyperlinks or any other formatting, it doesn't work: The pasted element is an email/URL just like the one you copied into the clipboard. Steps to Reproduce: 1. populate a cell with either "mail@mail.com" or "https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/" and press enter (to make sure it gets converted into a hyperlink) 2. now copy the cell into the clipboard 3. try to past it elsewhere without format (I do CTRL + Shift + V to brig the special paste dialog, then press the Values Only button) Actual Results: The cell is pasted with the hyperlink and associated formatting Expected Results: The target cell should contain plain text like "mail@mail.com" or "https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/" without hyperlinks or any other thing besides text. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 24.2.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 420(Build:2) CPU threads: 24; OS: Linux 6.5; UI render: default; VCL: qt5 (cairo+xcb) Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Ubuntu package version: 4:24.2.3~rc2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~lo1 Calc: CL threaded
Just noticed, after posting, that text box of this bug report automatically assigns hyperlinks, thus even if I don't see it at the time of writing, this@will.be shown as a hyperlink after I press "save changes". Just a heads up because it may seem confusing in my OP
I can reproduce this. It is not simply a matter of copy/paste, but rather how Calc deals with URL's and email addresses. Even if you simply type mail@mail.com into any cell, it will autoformat as a hyperlink, hence the hyperlink when you paste an email address as value into a cell. Not sure what to do here though. But I agree that pasting only values should not format as a hyperlink.
(In reply to Rafael Lima from comment #2) > I can reproduce this. > > It is not simply a matter of copy/paste, but rather how Calc deals with > URL's and email addresses. > > Even if you simply type mail@mail.com into any cell, it will autoformat as a > hyperlink, hence the hyperlink when you paste an email address as value into > a cell. > > Not sure what to do here though. But I agree that pasting only values should > not format as a hyperlink. Unfortunately, this is a contradiction between those two situations. Pasting a text value as value only, when Calc performs that action correctly, would be equivalent to typing-in the same exact text (i.e. with no additional formatting). The only way to block the "URL autoformat" would be to disable such "autoformat". Unfortunately, some users actually ask for this kinds of automatic formatting, and even have requested for it to be more prominent (e.g. blue underline with some kind of colored background, etc.). This is not the first time this "URL autoformat" generates problems for (partial) copy-paste, whether it is with paste special or common paste.