[address book]There's no "nickname" or "display name" fields available
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu UX |
Triaged
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Medium
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Olga Kemmet | ||
address-book-app (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In vCard there's support for all kinds of names: family, given, middle, nickname, but also a separate "formatted name". There should be a priority list for which of those would be displayed when available, and a config option to change the preference between at least "given family" and "nickname" (separate pref for "family, given", bug #1439140).
At the moment in the contacts list, I can see the formatted name (as synced from a remote address book), but when I open the contact, family and given names are displayed in the header - and I can't edit the formatted name.
When searching, only the display name is used there's no way to search by other properties (bug #1474308).
Looking at https:/
We need to remember about what happens when we switch the preference - we'll need to save all the contacts with a new FN (assuming the original FN matched the previous formatting).
Organization name should be a fallback, too, if no structured or nickname is given - for organization contacts with no obvious contact person.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: address-book-app 0.2+15.
Uname: Linux 3.4.67 armv7l
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: armhf
Date: Tue Jul 14 12:10:13 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-09 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 - armhf (20150709-225837)
SourcePackage: address-book-app
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
description: | updated |
Changed in address-book-app (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
summary: |
- There's no "nickname" or "display name" fields available + [address book]There's no "nickname" or "display name" fields available |
Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
assignee: | nobody → Olga Kemmet (olga-kemmet) |
Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
status: | New → Triaged |