Bug 235175

Summary:	kmail pop up two dialog boxes that obscure each other
Product:	[Applications] kmail	Reporter:	Eckhart Wörner <ewoerner>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Eckhart Wörner 2010-04-23 15:26:03 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.4)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

This bug has been copied over from http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=576605

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When I started up kmail for the first time, I got two dialog boxes
on top of each other. (Using dialogs to deliver messages to the user
is bad UI design, but that is not the bug here)

The visible one was just the "tip of the day" box. It could not be closed,
because a modal box with an error message was beneath it. (No hostname
specified.)

Yes, I understand I need to set up kmail before it will work.
It should not obscure the error message with the "tip of the day" box
though. Better show only one box at a time. For example, drop the
silly "tip of the day" if there is an error already...

The workaround is simple - move the "tip box" to one side,
revealing the other box in order to dismiss it. Guessing that
there is another box on the screen is not easy thoughj, it
was not obvious.

Comment 1 Laurent Montel 2015-04-12 10:23:34 UTC

Thank you for taking the time to file a bug report.

KMail2 was released in 2011, and the entire code base went through significant changes. We are currently in the process of porting to Qt5 and KF5. It is unlikely that these bugs are still valid in KMail2.

We welcome you to try out KMail 2 with the KDE 4.14 release and give your feedback.