Closed Bug 224863 Opened 21 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Address book filter should also look for nicknames - quick search

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, enhancement)

enhancement
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 118624

People

(Reporter: pufiad, Assigned: mscott)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031029 Firebird/0.7+ Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031029 Firebird/0.7+ The Thunderbird address book window has a bar that says "Name or Email contains". Typing text there only looks in the name or the email. It should also look in the Nickname field. Take for instance somebody called William who is commonly called Bill. One would have William as the official name and Bill as nickname. Typing Bill in the bar should also present our friend Bill. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Go to the Address book window 2. Type a nickname in the field "Name or Email contains". Actual Results: Persons with that nickname are not presented in the filtered results. Expected Results: All persons with that nickname should be presented in the filtered results.
This works fine for me using Tb 1.0. Have you tried this in a recent version Ben?
Ignore that last comment.
severity -> enhance (similar moz Bug 118624)
Severity: normal → enhancement
OS: Windows 2000 → All
Hardware: PC → All
mod summary
Summary: Address book filter should also look for nicknames → Address book filter should also look for nicknames - quick search
...in particular, when typing an address (e.g., to:, cc:, etc.), NICKNAMES that match what's typed should be matched (e.g., typing "laurief" should pick up last name "Furumoto", first name "Laurie", nickname "lauriefurumoto"--it doesn't now). Possibly(?) also related to bug #s 295428, 224863, 298438
oops, forgot to add: using Thunderbird version 1.0.6 (20050716) on WinXP Pro
(In reply to comment #5) > match what's typed should be matched (e.g., typing "laurief" should pick > up last name "Furumoto", first name "Laurie", nickname "lauriefurumoto" I don't agree with that statement; I'm not sure it's even what you intended to say. Typing "laurief" should only match on nickname "lauriefurumoto" and an email address of "laurief@wherever.tld" -- other people named "Laurie" or "Furumoto" should not be selected as a match. If Address Book were a Core component (like it obviously should be), we could dupe this to the other bug.
(In reply to comment #7) > If Address Book were a Core component (like it obviously should be), we could > dupe this to the other bug. Address Book is already present as a core component, however product specific areas still remain as some of the UI is branched (hence why we still have MAS/Address Book and Thunderbird/Address Book. Bug 118624 is now in Core/Mailnews: Address Book so I'm duping this one to that. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 118624 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Thanks, Mark.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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