Bug 350026

Summary: Improper handling of the Title Field
Product: [Applications] kaddressbook Reporter: Thomas Hejze <thejze>
Component: generalAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: minor CC: montel, tokoe
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: kaddressbook main view
Dialog edit contact
Dialog "edit contact" with modified filed "title"

Description Thomas Hejze 2015-07-08 11:23:25 UTC 
I have been using kdepim kontact management for quite a while, both for private and business contacts. My oldest entries are ten years and more.

In the preview on the right side the selected contact appears like

"Mrs. Fu Bar
Manager"
followed by the rest of the data.

The second line is obviously the data of the field "title" (ger. "Titel").
In some existing contacts, obviously very old ones, the field entry is empty although something is displayed in the preview. This is annoying when you duplicate a contact e. g. as a template for a new person in the same company.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Pick an existing contact which appears in the preview like
"Mrs. Fu Bar
Manager
etc."
2. Select "edit contact"
3. Select the tab with profession and title (in German it's "Geschäftlich")


Actual Results:  
The content of the field title is empty.

Expected Results:  
The field title should contain "Manager".

If I put some text into the field "title" the content of the second line in the preview is overwritten. If I remove the content afterwards, the initial text is restored.

A blank does not overwrite the initial text, but a "-" or a "." does.

Version 4.14.9, rpm from opensuse update repository.
Plattform OpenSuSE 13.2

As you see, there is a workaround, but it should be fixed, though.
Comment 1 Laurent Montel 2015-07-09 10:11:43 UTC 
could you provide screenshot about bugs ?
Thanks
Comment 2 Thomas Hejze 2015-07-26 21:40:09 UTC 
Created attachment 93751 [details]
kaddressbook main view

The entry mentioned is marked red.
Comment 3 Thomas Hejze 2015-07-26 21:43:06 UTC 
Created attachment 93752 [details]
Dialog edit contact

The edit contact dialog. The entry in title is empty (marked red).
Comment 4 Thomas Hejze 2015-07-26 21:49:30 UTC 
Created attachment 93753 [details]
Dialog "edit contact" with modified filed "title"

The same dialog after editing the field "title". The second line in the right preview panel is adjusted, as you can see. After clearing  the field "title" the initial content is restored (as in the first screen shot.
Comment 5 Denis Kurz 2017-06-23 19:57:28 UTC 
This bug has never been confirmed for a KDE PIM version that is based on KDE Frameworks (5.x). Those versions differ significantly from the old 4.x series. Therefore, I plan to close it in around two or three months. In the meantime, it is set to WAITINGFORINFO to give reporters the oportunity to check if it is still valid. As soon as someone confirms it for a recent version (at least 5.1, ideally even more recent), I'll gladly reopen it.

Please understand that we lack the manpower to triage bugs reported for versions almost two years beyond their end of life.
Comment 6 Denis Kurz 2018-02-01 09:54:24 UTC 
Just as announced in my last comment, I close this bug. If you encounter it again in a recent version (at least 5.1 aka 15.12; preferably much more recent), please open a new one unless it already exists. Thank you for all your input.