272121 - duplicate address is appended to address in mail compose window while using autocomplete

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 261272

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Edward Maloney]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
Build Identifier: 

When I open a compose window, type an address, and hit tab or enter before the 
autocomplete has found all the matches in ther personal address book or LDAP 
directory (but after it has found at least one match), I get a duplicate name 
appended to first match, such as the following example: 

"James L. Smith" <[e-mail]> >> Bob Smith 
<[e-mail]> 

I have tried this with and without an LDAP directory.  If I have TB search 
through the LDAP directory, the bug adds the first LDAP address found.  If I 
dont' use the LDAP directory, it adds the first address from the Personal 
Address book.

I sometimes get duplicates of the name I just entered, sometimes a different 
name -- the first LDAP lookup, I think -- and sometimes it works fine, 
especially if I wait a second before hitting enter to move to the next field. 
I've removed the LDAP directory as a test, and it still happens, but now with 
just duplicate names from my address book.

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type an address or nickname
2. Hit return or tab quickly, just prior to or just after getting the address 
list from the program
3. Do not cursor down the list of found addresses and pick one from there; it 
is an autocomplete problem.

Actual Results:  
"James L. Smith" <[e-mail]> >> Bob Smith 
<[e-mail]> 

or 

"James L. Smith" <[e-mail]> >> "James L. Smith" 
<[e-mail]>

(names and addresses changed for privacy, but this is the exact pattern)

Expected Results:  
"James L. Smith" <[e-mail]>

Comment 1

[hansen]

I'm getting this too - sometimes a bit differently, but it's the same bug.

Had this bug since Thunderbird .2 - running Thunderbird .9+ (branch 20041127)

Comment 2

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 261272 ***