SUMMARY Composer Subject field doesn't echo typing. Click on, say To:, then tab to Subject field and now can see typed text. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Start composer (new message) 2. Type in Subject: field 3. OBSERVED RESULT No echo typed text EXPECTED RESULT Normal echo of typed text SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.10 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.113.0 Qt Version: 5.15.12 Graphics Platform: Wayland Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Pro WX 2100 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Everything works fine in Plasma X11 session. I also have kmail configured to use an external editor, if that makes any difference.
I can not reproduce unfortunately. I use Wayland for more than a year and I never see this issue. Which distribution are you using?
OK, I just checked again and the same problem is still there. Start a new mail message; tab into Subject; type. Typing is not echoed in the Subject field. It is present and is displayed when you tab out of Subject or click somewhere else. Fedora 39: Operating System: Fedora Linux 39 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0 Qt Version: 5.15.12 Kernel Version: 6.7.7-200.fc39.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz Memory: 15.1 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620 Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: XPS 13 9370
I tried upgrading to f40, but no joy: Operating System: Fedora Linux 40 KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.2 Kernel Version: 6.8.0-0.rc6.49.fc40.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz Memory: 15.1 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620 Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: XPS 13 9370
I suspect this bug is related to using an external editor instead of the built-in kmail composer. I have been configured to use vim to compose mail messages in kmail for years. I notice that when I close the editor, the composer window is not updated with my edits. If I <ALT-TAB> around to the composer window again, it now shows the editor session I just closed. I tested this and confirmed that specifying an external editor introduces this bug.
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(In reply to Bug Janitor Service from comment #5) > Dear Bug Submitter, > > This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least > 15 days. Oops. I didn't reset the status. See https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480984#c2 and https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480984#c3 and https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480984#c4 .