Bug 314474

Summary: Cannot edit multiple entries in Kaddressbook simultaneously
Product: [Applications] kaddressbook Reporter: K. A. Sayeed <sayeed.ka>
Component: generalAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: montel, sayeed.ka, tokoe, winter
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.9   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description K. A. Sayeed 2013-02-05 20:13:35 UTC 
1. In KDE version 4.3.2, it was possible to open and edit multiple contact entries in Kaddressbook simultaneously. This is not possible in version 4.9. As a matter of fact, when on contact entry is opened for editing, Kaddressbook becomes gray and it is no longer possible to have access to any other contact entry. Will it be possible to open and edit multiple contact entries in version 4.10?

2. This feature is absolutely necessary for the following reasons:

2.1. Some times it becomes necessary to view more than one contact entry (for example, in order to compare them).

2.2. Some times it becomes necessary to view and copy information from one contact entry for use in creating or editing another contact entry.

2.3. The inability to open and edit multiple contact entries simultaneously makes the use of Kaddressbook much more difficult and much less efficient.

3. One wonders why versions of Kaddressbook after version 4.3.2 have regressed in this matter.
Comment 1 K. A. Sayeed 2013-02-05 20:14:35 UTC 
1. This bug is always reproducible.
Comment 2 Allen Winter 2013-02-08 18:41:27 UTC 
I believe I fixed this already  in 4.11
I can double-click on multiple contacts in the list and have an editor for each one simultaneously.

Is that what you want?
If so, I can look at backporting into 4.10 for the 4.10.1 release.
Comment 3 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 02:33:58 UTC 
Thank you for the bug report.

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