nextcloud / nextcloud/contacts
Impossible to enter certain European names
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- JavaScript
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Description
Describe the bug
Contacts does not support the 'infix' that is typical in many European names, e.g. Ludwig von Beethoven. It supports a prefix and a suffix, but the infix is missing. Actually this is amazing since Nextcloud is a European (German) product.
Steps to reproduce
- Go to Contacts
- Click on 'New Contact'
- Scroll down to 'Add more info' and click
- Select 'More fields', and then 'Detailed name'
Expected behavior
Actual behavior
There is no way to enter an infix.
Contact version
6.1.3
Operating system
Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
PHP engine version
None
Web server
None
Database
None
Additional info
In 2025 there should be no excuses to not support this.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in Contacts 6.1.3 using the reported New Contact > Add more info > More fields > Detailed name path, and compare the available name fields with the expected behavior. Done means an infix such as “von” can be entered for a contact and is retained and displayed correctly.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100