networkmanager has focus and lost data issues in the option to add manual addresses inside the wired connection editor (IP4vSettings tab)

Binary package hint: network-manager

First, the answer to the questions:

1) lsb_release -rd

Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

2) apt-cache policy network-manager

network-manager:
  Instalado: 0.8~a~git.20091005t192303.1d28ad1-0ubuntu2
  Candidato: 0.8~a~git.20091005t192303.1d28ad1-0ubuntu2
  Tabela de Versão:
 *** 0.8~a~git.20091005t192303.1d28ad1-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) Description of the problem:

It's an old problem that always affected the interface of network-manager. I never reported it before, but I think it's time to write about it.

To achieve the problem I followed this steps:

a) Click with the right button in the network-manager applet (version 0.7.996)

b) Choose "Edit Connections"

c) Add a new wired connection

d) Go to the "IPV4 Settings"

e) Choose method "manual"

f) Add an address

g) *** Here is the problem: *** In the first field, "Address", everything is ok: the focus is on the field and there is sufficient space to write the IP number. But, after filling the field, when I press enter or tab, the focus is lost! It is necessary to click again in the second field to be able to write on it!

*** Other problem: *** The size of the fields is wrong too! When I use a large ip address, like "255.255.255.0", the field is too small!

4) My sugestions: (i) correct the focus problem in the fields of "address"; (ii) instead of a dynamic size, it is a simple solution to use a fixed size to the fields, based in the largest possible ip address (for example, 255.255.255.255).