Two "Summary" fields on bug-reporting page cause mode errors

Bug #828808 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Launchpad itself
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Despite having used Launchpad since 2005, and the current bug-reporting page since it appeared in 2007 or so, again and again I make the same mistake while using it:

While writing up a bug description, I think of an improvement I could make to the summary, so I edit the "Summary:" field ... the wrong one. The one that's used only for searching, not the one that ends up in the actual bug report. Then I realize my mistake, and grate my teeth, and copy and paste from one to the other.

One way of solving this problem would be this:
* Clicking "No, I need to report a new bug" would hide the search results (or the "No similar bug reports were found" text) at the same time as it expanded the rest of the form.
* The rest of the form would not contain an extra "Summary:" field.
* Clicking "Check Again" would also submit any partial description you had entered, revealing it again if you clicked "No, I need to report a new bug" subsequently.

As a bonus, this would make the page shorter and simpler.

Aaron Bentley (abentley)
Changed in launchpad:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
tags: added: easy ui
William Grant (wgrant)
tags: added: dupefinder
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