232595 - Autocomplete doesn't always work

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Sometimes when I list recipients of an email that I'm writing the email addr
autocomplete functionality isn't working quite right. I'm not sure exactly in
what cases I've seen this, but one reliable way to reproduce this is to type a
complete user name (i.e. what's before '@') for which there's only one match,
then type one more character, and backspace --> no autocomplete suggestion.

IOW, assume you have [e-mail] in your addr book.

1. Type "peterv" --> autocomplete suggests "peterv@prop..." in the URL field.
2. Hit one more character, e.g. 'c' --> no autocomplete, since there are no
   matches.
3. Backspace to erase so that you've got "peterv" again --> no autocomplete,
   even though there is one exact match.

I hope that's clear enough, if not, I'll try to explain better...

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

This is similar to bug 173783.

> 3. Backspace to erase so that you've got "peterv" again --> no autocomplete,
>    even though there is one exact match.

No autocomplete at all, or does it put in the "@local.dom" complete string?

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

still see this problem when using a current version?

Comment 3

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO per lack of answer to previous question. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to this bug with your reasons why.