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Part of #1994: the first of the three problems the triage comment split it into, the indicator and Convert to Number. The background error-checking options and the XLSX ignoredErrors round trip, with Ignore Error, are left for their own tickets.

What happens

A number stored as text, such as a bank export or a value typed after an apostrophe, looks like any other text and is skipped by SUM and AVERAGE, so totals come out wrong with no hint. Excel flags it with a green corner triangle and offers Convert to Number.

Change

  • core: parse::number_stored_as_text(&str) -> Option<f64> flags text that would be a number if typed: signs, thousands separators, currency, percent, exponent, and one parenthesised negative. Dates, times and fractions kept as text are not flagged, as in Excel (they belong to other rules), and neither are words, blanks, booleans or error text.
  • engine:
    • cmd::formulas::number_stored_as_text(&Cell) covers constants only, not formula results.
    • formulas.convertToNumber {range?} converts every flagged cell in the range or selection and keeps each cell's format. It is one undo step and returns {converted}.
  • ui:
    • A green triangle in the top-left corner of flagged cells, painted beside the comment indicator. It is hidden in Show Formulas view.
    • With a flagged cell active, a warning button sits beside it: left of the cell, or right of it when that would cover the row headings. Its menu shows "Number Stored as Text" and Convert to Number, which runs on the selection.
    • The button has an accessible name ("Error checking options").
    • pt-BR and German strings.
  • docs/ui-parity.md revision history is updated.

Locale: detection follows the core input parser, which reads en-US numbers. 65,00€ and 1.000,50 will be flagged once the locale-aware parsing PRs (#1569, #1201) land, with no change here.

Tests

  • core numbers_stored_as_text: what is and isn't flagged.
  • engine convert_to_number_turns_numbers_stored_as_text_into_numbers:
    • words, date text and a formula's text result are left alone;
    • formats are kept and SUM then counts the cells;
    • undo restores the text;
    • no range means the selection.
  • crates/ui-egui/tests/number_stored_as_text.rs: clicking the warning button and Convert to Number converts the cell and the button goes away; text that isn't a number gets no button.
  • cargo fmt --check, cargo clippy -p gridcraft-core -p gridcraft-engine -p gridcraft-ui-egui --all-targets -D warnings and cargo test -p gridcraft-core -p gridcraft-ui-egui pass. Checked in the desktop app on Linux, where the reporter reviewed it.

Command-sequence fuzz

cargo test -p gridcraft-engine --test command_sequence_fuzz fails on this branch, but not because of this change. Adding a command shifts the fuzz's random draws, and seed 0 now reaches a recalc bug that main already has. The shrunk sequence doesn't use the new command:

s.execute("file.new", json!({"sample": "sales"}));
s.execute("home.insertSheet", json!({"before": 1}));
s.execute("cell.set", json!({"cell": "C14", "input": "=TRANSPOSE(B18:B24)", "sheet": "Sheet1"}));
s.execute("range.fill", json!({"input": "=D14:E18", "range": "E13:F13"}));
// Sheet1!F13: #SPILL! in memory, 0 after Calc::new().recalc_all

I replayed it on main (68e58a2) without this branch, and it gives the same #SPILL! vs 0 mismatch. It looks like #964 (a contested spill area changes hands on a full recalculation). I left the fuzz alone rather than hide the bug.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added Excel-style detection for numbers stored as text, shown with a green corner indicator.
    • Added a “Convert to Number” action that converts eligible text values while preserving formatting.
    • Converted values can be used in calculations and can be undone in one step.
  • Documentation
    • Updated interface translations and UI parity documentation for the new error checking and conversion options.

… Number (storytold#1994)

Numbers stored as text are skipped by SUM and friends, and GridCraft gave
no hint. Like Excel's background error checking, a constant whose text
would be a number if typed now gets a green triangle in its top-left
corner; with such a cell active, a warning button beside it opens a menu
naming the problem with Convert to Number, which converts every flagged
cell in the selection as one undo step.

- core: `parse::number_stored_as_text` (signs, thousands separators,
  currency, percent, exponent, one parenthesised negative). Dates, times
  and fractions kept as text are not flagged, as in Excel.
- engine: `cmd::formulas::number_stored_as_text(cell)` (constants only,
  not formula results) and `formulas.convertToNumber {range?}`, which
  keeps each cell's format.
- ui: the triangle in the grid and the warning button with its menu;
  pt-BR and German strings.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The change adds detection for numeric values stored as text, a formulas command to convert eligible cells, and a grid warning with a conversion action. It also adds parser, command, and UI tests, translations, and a UI parity note.

Changes: Number Stored as Text

Layer / File(s) Summary
Detect numeric text
crates/core/src/parse.rs, crates/engine/src/cmd/formulas.rs
The parser recognizes supported plain numeric text formats. The formulas helper excludes formula cells and other non-text values.
Convert numeric text
crates/engine/src/cmd/formulas.rs, crates/engine/src/tests.rs
formulas.convertToNumber converts eligible cells within the requested range or current selection. Tests cover formatting, unchanged values, conversion count, and undo.
Show the grid warning and action
crates/ui-egui/src/grid.rs, crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/*.rs, crates/ui-egui/tests/number_stored_as_text.rs, docs/ui-parity.md
The grid marks eligible cells and offers a “Convert to Number” action for the active cell. UI tests, translations, and the parity note describe the feature.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  actor User
  participant Grid
  participant formulas.convertToNumber
  participant Sheet
  User->>Grid: Select Convert to Number
  Grid->>formulas.convertToNumber: Convert selected cell
  formulas.convertToNumber->>Sheet: Update eligible text value
  Sheet-->>formulas.convertToNumber: Return conversion count
  formulas.convertToNumber-->>Grid: Return conversion count
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Suggested reviewers: echelon, marekspodbiedry

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 68f95

The feature is mergeable with bounded fixes: localize the German warning label, keep the warning available on narrow RTL cells, and avoid changing undo history when nothing converts.

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 68f95

The conversion action retains existing cell-protection and undo controls, and the inspected flow does not demonstrate increased privileges or cross-workbook access. Remaining coverage gaps limit confidence in a minimal-risk assessment.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — Direct conversion writes are confined to qualifying cells in one resolved sheet of the active workbook. Dependent calculations can propagate the effects through that workbook via the existing recalculation mechanism; the UI action is not workbook-wide conversion.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — Workbook-controlled text can make a warning appear, but the inspected UI path requires a user click before mutation. Combined with centralized edit protection, this path does not establish a new automatic-write or protection-bypass attack.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Conversion does not mark protection as already checked. The shared commit path therefore rejects changes to locked cells on protected sheets unless existing allow-edit-range or session-unlock rules permit them. Warning visibility is presentation, not the enforcement boundary.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — A protection failure after several candidate cells have been converted does not publish those partial workbook edits: mutation occurs on the staged copy, and validation precedes assignment. This preserves the existing failure-containment boundary for the new batch command.
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Review comments at @crates/engine/src/cmd/formulas.rs:
- Line 524: Update formulas.convertToNumber before the edit call to detect
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.sheet(sheet)
.map(|sh| sh.cells.iter_range(r).filter_map(|(c, x)| number_stored_as_text(x).map(|n| (c, n))).collect())
.unwrap_or_default();
let sh = cx.sheet_mut(sheet)?;

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# Inspect whether an edit with no changed cells replaces the workbook Arc.
ast-grep outline crates/engine/src/cmd/mod.rs --match 'edit|commit|sheet_mut' --view expanded
rg -n -C 6 --glob '*.rs' 'fn (commit|sheet_mut)\s*\(' crates/engine/src crates/model/src

Repository: storytold/gridcraft

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sed -n '430,570p' crates/engine/src/cmd/formulas.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- command edit/commit implementations ---'
sed -n '285,355p' crates/engine/src/cmd/mod.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- session execute and undo/redo recording ---'
rg -n -C 12 --glob '*.rs' 'fn execute|struct Session|undo|redo|changed' crates/engine/src | head -n 260

Repository: storytold/gridcraft

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set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- remainder of commit ---'
sed -n '328,430p' crates/engine/src/cmd/mod.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- convertToNumber registration ---'
rg -n -C 8 --glob '*.rs' 'convertToNumber|convert_to_number' crates/engine/src
printf '%s\n' '--- related commit tests ---'
rg -n -C 8 --glob '*.rs' 'redo|Arc::ptr_eq|converted.*0|convertToNumber' crates/engine/src crates/engine/tests

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Avoid recording an undo step when no cells convert.

formulas.convertToNumber calls edit even when every found vector is empty. commit always assigns a new workbook Arc, so Session::execute records an undo step and clears redo history even when converted is 0. Check for eligible cells before calling edit.

🐛 Suggested fix
     let sheet = target_sheet(s, p)?;
     let ranges = target_ranges(s, p)?;
+    let has_candidates = {
+        let d = s.doc()?;
+        ranges.iter().any(|r| {
+            let Some(r) = d.wb.sheet(sheet).and_then(|sh| sh.used_range()).and_then(|u| r.intersection(&u)) else {
+                return false;
+            };
+            d.wb.sheet(sheet).is_some_and(|sh| sh.cells.iter_range(r).any(|(_, x)| number_stored_as_text(x).is_some()))
+        })
+    };
+    if !has_candidates {
+        return Ok(json!({"converted": 0}));
+    }
     edit(s, |cx| {
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Update formulas.convertToNumber before the edit call to detect whether any
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// Left of the cell, or right of it when that would cover the row headings.
let left = if cell.left() - size.x - 2.0 >= geo.cells.left() { cell.left() - size.x - 2.0 } else { cell.right() + 2.0 };
let tag = geo.mirror_rect(Rect::from_min_size(pos2(left, cell.top()), size));
if !geo.cells.intersects(tag) {

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Check the warning button against the mirrored cell area.

On a right-to-left sheet, tag has been mirrored but geo.cells has not. With a narrow active column at the screen’s left edge, the visible button can fail this check. The warning menu then becomes unavailable for that cell. Compare screen-coordinate rectangles on both sides.

Proposed fix
-    if !geo.cells.intersects(tag) {
+    if !geo.mirror_rect(geo.cells).intersects(tag) {
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if !geo.cells.intersects(tag) {
if !geo.mirror_rect(geo.cells).intersects(tag) {
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Update the warning-button intersection check around geo.cells and tag to compare
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Comment on lines +64 to +65
"Number Stored as Text" => "Als Text gespeicherte Zahl",
"Convert to Number" => "In eine Zahl umwandeln",

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Translate the warning button’s accessible name.

The grid requests "Error checking options" for the button’s accessible name, but the German table does not translate that key. Add the key beside the other warning strings so German users receive a German label.

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         "Convert to Number" => "In eine Zahl umwandeln",
+        "Error checking options" => "Optionen für die Fehlerüberprüfung",
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"Number Stored as Text" => "Als Text gespeicherte Zahl",
"Convert to Number" => "In eine Zahl umwandeln",
"Number Stored as Text" => "Als Text gespeicherte Zahl",
"Convert to Number" => "In eine Zahl umwandeln",
"Error checking options" => "Optionen für die Fehlerüberprüfung",
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Add the missing “Error checking options” entry to the German translation table
near the existing warning strings, using a natural German accessible label
consistent with the requested meaning.

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