Version: 4.4 rc2 (using 4.3.95 (KDE 4.3.95 (KDE 4.4 RC2)), Kubuntu packages) Compiler: cc OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.31-18-generic I wanted to past an emailaddress into the emailaddress field of a new contact. Unfortuneately this did not work, because I had copied parts which did not belong to the email address. So I had to past it somewhere else, fix it. It would be better, if the check for the emailaddresses would be done after leaving the field and if there would be then a kind of feedback, instead of the behaviour which is shown now (I first believed there might be another klipper bug).
The input field checks for a properly formatted email address because the address is used in other places as well where a correct formatting is needed. If you save an invalid formatted email address there you don't do yourself a favour.
But that was not what I asked for. I do not want to save it. But I want to be able to paste and then correct it. What I ask for is to move the point where the check is performed from the point of pasting to the point where I intend to leave the field. I think that makes sense. Kmail for example copies Emailaddresses in the format "Name <address@kde.org>". Of course I could use "Create a new addressbook entry" from Kmail, but this does only make sense if the addressbook entry itself does not exist yet. So I copy the Emailaddress from Kmail. Normal workflow would be paste it into the email field and remove the stuff which is not needed. That does not work anymore. Please reconsider :-)
KDE 4.4.3: Even if you have a properly formatted Email address, copy/paste (via CRTL-C/V or middle mouse) does not work for the Email field / additional email address. More type work creates more typos...unfortunately
I do not have this problem, but I really believe the check (and some sane autocorrections like remove spaces or may be even Realnames) should be done when the user attempts to leave the field. That would allow to paste an emailaddress and fix it (remove <> or Realnames), if necessary. The way it works now, there is not even a feedback.
*** Bug 232466 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
SVN commit 1145946 by tokoe: Normalize the email address on focus out event and not via validator This allows to paste non-perfect email addresses and fix them inline BUG: 224023 M +30 -11 emaileditwidget.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1145946