Issues

• Bug: define_name() and add_table() accept names longer than Excel's 255-character limit

  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1204 · Filter by author 00200200 opened on Sep 30, 2026
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• Bug: Hyperlink tooltip length validation runs before the tooltip is set

  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1202 · Filter by author Bortlesboat opened on Sep 8, 2026
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• Drop the versionless License :: classifier now that license is a valid SPDX expression

  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1201 · Filter by author btschwertfeger opened on Aug 26, 2026
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• Bug: Incorrect workbookView.firstSheet causes invalid Excel UI state

  bug
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1187 · Filter by author Max750 opened on May 19, 2026
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• Bug: autofit cellwidth is sometimes too small for numbers (and dates)

  bug
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1183 · Filter by author BRANDSTC0704 opened on Apr 24, 2026
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• feature request: Add label offset for axis labels

  feature request
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1182 · Filter by author kakxow opened on Apr 13, 2026
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• Bug: Conditional formatting formula ISFORMULA() not localized correctly in Excel

  bugin progress
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1171 · Filter by author thakurpriyesh opened on Jan 14, 2026
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• feature request: Add support for changing the default font and adding themes

  feature requestin progress
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1163 · Filter by author jmcnamara opened on Nov 13, 2025
  

• feature request: Adding support autofit in constant_memory mode

  feature requestshort termunder investigation
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1125 · Filter by author VinhLoiIT opened on Mar 26, 2025
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• Request: Add Type Annotation

  in progressmedium termquestion
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1123 · Filter by author yangdanny97 opened on Mar 14, 2025
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• add 3_triangles support

  awaiting user feedbackfeature request
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1110 · Filter by author splier opened on Dec 26, 2024
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• RFC: Refactoring of return values to Enums or Exceptions

  awaiting user feedbackquestion
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1100 · Filter by author jmcnamara opened on Nov 19, 2024
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• feature request: adding customUI to an Excel file

  feature requestmedium termunder investigation
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1086 · Filter by author tsillus opened on Aug 29, 2024
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• feature request: Bubble chart

  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1099 · Filter by author Nexokk opened on Jul 3, 2024
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• XlsxWriter Roadmap v2

  question
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#1028 · Filter by author jmcnamara opened on Nov 3, 2023
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• Feature Request: Please consider adding JPEGS as background (with settable transparency) to graph plots please.

  long term
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#972 · Filter by author tab-co opened on Mar 18, 2023
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• feature request: Can you add a slicer when worksheet.add_table API

  feature requestsomeday
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#918 · Filter by author epver opened on Nov 11, 2022
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• feature request: Insert image to comment

  feature requestlong term
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#823 · Filter by author anttij20 opened on Sep 3, 2021
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• XlsxWriter Roadmap

  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#653 · Filter by author jmcnamara opened on Aug 31, 2019
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• Feature request: allow rich text formatting in cell comments

  feature requestsomeday
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#634 · Filter by author klamann opened on Jun 20, 2019
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• Feature request: "Different First Page" Header and Footer

  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#454 · Filter by author pixelrebel opened on Jul 14, 2017
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• Feature request: Add possibility to set x-axis for scatter as value axis in combined chart

  question
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#415 · Filter by author JesperLM opened on Feb 14, 2017
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• Feature request: Support for copying the Format instance

  feature requestmedium term
  jmcnamara/XlsxWriter#81 · Filter by author croshchupkin opened on Dec 18, 2013
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