Change in ways cells are displayed between 7.2.7 and 25.8 - setting for this?

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#1

Linux 64 bit,

There seems to have been a change between 7.2.7 (which is the version I’m using quite happily) and 25.8 (the version I’m urged to upgrade to) in the way cells display when you click in them.

I cannot see anything in the settings to manage this behaviour. I hate it, and want 25.8 to work like 7.2.7

It’s hard to explain without pictures, so …

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The topmost image is 7.2.7 (new empty sheet) after clicking in a cell. It simply highlights the cell with bold grid lines.

The centre image is 25.8 (new empty sheet) before clicking in a cell:

The bottom image is 25.8 (same empty sheet as the centre image) after clicking in a cell.

It expands the cell area to include the cells immediately above and below the clicked-in cell, and there are no grid line boundaries.

I find this visually confusing.
I want to see the cells above and below, and I want the clear visual indication of which cell I’m actually editing.
How do people with compromised vision cope with this? It’s terrible.

is there a setting to change this behaviour somewhere?

#2

And your operating system is…?

#3

and my operating system is Linux

#4

This is not a “change” (in the sense of “we decided to change this”). This is a bug; and it is definitely not what most people see (it works OK e.g. on my Windows system):

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You likely refer to some communication with a specific context; because otherwise, there can’t be an “urge” to upgrade to the version that is for early adopters.

#5

I remember trying a 24.x with exactly the same problem.
Scolding me for my use of language, by the way, is also fantastically unhelpful.

This is why I rarely bother asking for help on forums like this.

I’ll stick with 7.2.7

#6

What do you mean? If you refer to my remark about “urging”: heh, do you take everything as targeted specifically to hurt you? To be clear: I wanted to know who urged you, because that’s an important point: if someone urges you to upgrade, they are likely confused themselves, and spread the damage (indeed, we need enthusiasts to use it, and find things that need improved; but people should not feel that they must do that). If you consider that “scolding”, that’s sad. And of course, I could guess wrong what you called that word…

(it is fantastically strange to read ideas that I could “scold someone for use of language”, when I’m not even a native English speaker)

#7

Today (2025-08-21) the LibO version 25.8.0 isn’t yet released. It is in RC4 state.

#8

@Lupp it is released: it is on the download page, and the announcement is posted yesterday.

#9

Strange (just a bit):
In the release plan still the repective row wasn’t changed to the correct color.
(At least my old eyes tell me so.)

#10

Yellow means “this is the current week” - which is correct :slight_smile:

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