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Purpose

Cell style updates should not depend on the order in which cell addresses are added. The editor queues the requested changes and applies them when Save is called.

Closes #187.

Usage

using System.Drawing;
using MiniExcelLib;
using MiniExcelLib.OpenXml;

MiniExcel.Editors.GetOpenXmlEditor(path)
    .UpdateCellStyle("A1", style => style.FontColor = Color.Red)
    .UpdateCellStyle("X100", style => style.FontColor = Color.Blue)
    .Save();

Use the optional sheetName argument to select a worksheet. If the same cell is updated more than once, the last update wins. Existing number formats, fills, borders, and alignment are preserved.

What changed?

  • Add MiniExcel.Editors.GetOpenXmlEditor for file paths and seekable streams.
  • Add UpdateCellStyle, Save, and SaveAsync.
  • Resolve queued updates before writing, then rewrite target worksheets with a forward-only XML reader and writer.
  • Copy other ZIP entries directly to a temporary workbook and replace the source only after a successful save.
  • Reject invalid cell references, missing cells, and macro-enabled workbooks.
  • Document the API and add focused tests.

Verification

  • dotnet test tests/MiniExcel.OpenXml.Tests/MiniExcel.OpenXml.Tests.csproj --framework net8.0 --filter FullyQualifiedName~OpenXmlEditorTests --no-restore --verbosity minimal: 5 tests passed.
  • dotnet build src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/MiniExcel.OpenXml.csproj --no-restore --framework netstandard2.0 --verbosity minimal: succeeded.

Large workbook check

The test updates A1 and J100000 in the repository's Test100,000x10.xlsx fixture (100,000 rows, 10 columns, 3.40 MiB), then saves the workbook.

Environment: Windows, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (6 cores / 12 threads), 64 GiB RAM, .NET 10.0.3, ClosedXML 0.105.0. Each implementation ran in a fresh Release process five times with alternating order. File copying and output validation were outside the timed section.

Implementation Median elapsed Managed allocation Peak working set
MiniExcel editor 2,536.4 ms 98.9 MiB 55.1 MiB
ClosedXML 10,409.4 ms 2,015.7 MiB 851.0 MiB

In this local test, the MiniExcel editor was 4.10x faster, allocated 95.1% less managed memory, and used 93.5% less peak working set than ClosedXML.

The streaming rewrite also reduced the editor's peak working set from 579.7 MiB to 55.1 MiB compared with the previous implementation. Managed allocation fell from 729.4 MiB to 98.9 MiB, and median elapsed time fell from 3,513.6 ms to 2,536.4 ms.

These are local measurements, not CI guarantees. Managed allocation is cumulative allocation from GC.GetTotalAllocatedBytes; peak working set is the process peak and includes the .NET runtime.

Compatibility

This is an opt-in API for existing XLSX cells. Macro-enabled workbooks are rejected. Existing import, export, and template APIs are unchanged.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added an OpenXML editor for updating cell font colors in existing Excel workbooks.
    • Supports editing cells by reference and worksheet, with updates saved synchronously or asynchronously.
    • Applies queued changes in order, with the last update taking precedence for repeated edits to the same cell.
    • Added Quickstart documentation and examples for editing cell styles.
    • Supports editing workbooks provided as files or streams while preserving unrelated content.

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Walkthrough

The PR adds an OpenXML editor that queues cell font-color updates, applies them to existing workbooks on save, supports paths and streams, and exposes the API through MiniExcel.Editors and MiniExcelV2.Editors. Tests and Quickstart documentation cover the behavior.

Changes

Cell style editing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Editor API and style contract
src/MiniExcel.Core/MiniExcel.cs, src/MiniExcel.Core/MiniExcelProviders.cs, src/MiniExcel.Core/MiniExcelV2.cs, src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Styles/OpenXmlCellStyle.cs, src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Api/ProviderExtensions.cs
Adds editor providers, the OpenXmlCellStyle contract, and path or stream factory methods for OpenXmlEditor.
Queued update processing
src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Api/OpenXmlEditor.cs
Validates and queues cell updates, resolves worksheets, deduplicates repeated cell updates, creates derived font and cell-format entries, and rewrites workbook archives through temporary files or streams.
Behavior validation and documentation
tests/MiniExcel.OpenXml.Tests/Styles/OpenXmlEditorTests.cs, README_V2.md
Tests update ordering, last-update-wins behavior, worksheet selection, style preservation, invalid references, and failed-save handling. Documents the queued update workflow and example usage.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant MiniExcelEditors
  participant OpenXmlEditor
  participant WorkbookArchive
  Caller->>MiniExcelEditors: GetOpenXmlEditor(path or stream)
  MiniExcelEditors->>OpenXmlEditor: Create editor
  Caller->>OpenXmlEditor: UpdateCellStyle(...)
  Caller->>OpenXmlEditor: Save or SaveAsync
  OpenXmlEditor->>WorkbookArchive: Rewrite targeted worksheets and styles
  WorkbookArchive-->>Caller: Updated workbook
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Suggested reviewers: michelebastione

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Documentation examples do not compile as shown, and cancelling a stream-based save can damage the caller’s workbook. Fix the stream commit behavior before merging.

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- Around line 180-181: Update the README example’s UpdateCellStyle calls to
qualify both color values as System.Drawing.Color.Red and
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In `@src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Api/OpenXmlEditor.cs`:
- Around line 118-119: Update the stream replacement flow around
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Comment on lines +118 to +119
stream.SetLength(0);
await temporaryStream.CopyToAsync(stream, 81920, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not honor cancellation after truncating the destination stream.

Line 118 clears the original stream before line 119 starts a cancellable copy. Cancellation during this copy leaves the caller's workbook empty or partially written.

Check cancellation before the destructive commit. Then complete the copy and flush without cancellation.

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             temporaryStream.Position = 0;
             stream.Position = 0;
+            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
             stream.SetLength(0);
-            await temporaryStream.CopyToAsync(stream, 81920, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            await stream.FlushAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await temporaryStream.CopyToAsync(stream, 81920, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await stream.FlushAsync(CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
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In `@src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Api/OpenXmlEditor.cs` around lines 118 - 119, Update
the stream replacement flow around temporaryStream.CopyToAsync so cancellation
is checked before stream.SetLength(0), then perform the copy and subsequent
flush without passing a cancellable token, preventing cancellation from leaving
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@michelebastione good day Michele, can you please help to review? 🙌

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michelebastione force-pushed the feature/deferred-cell-style-updates branch from 72d1f19 to 2d2f2ba Compare September 15, 2026 18:23

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- Line 179: Update the README example to use
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There's a couple minor adjustments I have in mind, I'll think it through and submit them as soon as I can.

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