nextcloud / nextcloud/contacts
Setting title of email to non-standard entry deletes the email.
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Description
Describe the bug
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I attempted to set an email field name (clicking to the left of the email) to something, previously imported with no field name. On setting this, the email field is lost completely. No errors.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- go to a contact
- click on area to left of email field ot set the title of that email address field
- press
enter - email is gone
Expected behavior
set the name, keep the email.
Actual behavior
email is gone without ability to recover.
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clicked here, set the field (cannot screenshot) then email is lost
Server configuration
Operating system: linux - ubuntu 20 sever
Nextcloud version: 19 -- using the VM build in this org's repo list
Contacts version: most recent as of today
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in the contact UI: open a contact, edit the area to the left of an email address, enter a non-standard field name, and verify whether the address disappears. Trace the email-field title handling and confirm the fix preserves the existing email while applying the new name, then repeat the reported steps to verify the result.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100