Bug 480984 - Composer Broken on Wayland
Summary: Composer Broken on Wayland
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kmail2
Classification: Applications
Component: composer (show other bugs)
Version: 5.24.4
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2024-02-07 03:53 UTC by Garry Williams
Modified: 2024-04-02 20:29 UTC (History)
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Description Garry Williams 2024-02-07 03:53:56 UTC
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.
Comment 1 Carl Schwan 2024-03-12 14:58:18 UTC
I can not reproduce unfortunately. I use Wayland for more than a year and I never see this issue. Which distribution are you using?
Comment 2 Garry Williams 2024-03-17 20:00:06 UTC
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
Comment 3 Garry Williams 2024-03-17 23:27:55 UTC
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
Comment 4 Garry Williams 2024-03-18 21:09:24 UTC
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.
Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2024-04-02 03:47:07 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
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no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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Comment 6 Garry Williams 2024-04-02 20:29:21 UTC
(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 .