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evolution package

Can't type numbers in the evolution search box

Artful (17.10)
Bug #1721833

Bug #1721833 reported by Joe Barnett on 2017-10-06

This bug affects 6 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
Evolution	Fix Released	Medium	gnome-bugs #787576
evolution (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Unassigned
Artful	In Progress	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Trying to type numeric characters into the evolution search box is not working when using the numeric keys above the letters on the keyboard. Shift+numeric key for a special symbol works, and then numpad keys work, but the "regular" number keys don't appear to do anything.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: evolution 3.26.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Oct 6 10:35:25 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-21 (777 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150819)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evolution
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Joe Barnett (thejoe) wrote on 2017-10-06:

Dependencies.txt Edit (10.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (156.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote on 2017-10-06:

Works fine here with Ubuntu 17.10.

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Musee "lae" Ullah (sleepingkyoto) wrote on 2017-10-19:

I have the same issue. I could not input 1234560 (789 functioned fine). This seems to have been introduced between 3.24.5 and 3.26.1. I'm on Arch Linux with i3 as my window manager.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2017-10-19:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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thatguruguy (thatguruguy) wrote on 2017-11-04:

"Works fine here with Ubuntu 17.10."

It doesn't work HERE with Ubuntu 17.10.

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thatguruguy (thatguruguy) wrote on 2017-11-06:

I've noticed that this problem only exists when using Wayland; it doesn't happen when using Ubuntu on Xorg or Unity.

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Joe Barnett (thejoe) wrote on 2017-11-06:

I can confirm the same as @sleepingkyoto, that 789 work fine.

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luke16 (l16) wrote on 2017-11-17:

It is also happening to me on X11 with Ubuntu 17.10 running vanilla Gnome Session.
The only numbers that work are 6,7,8 and 9.

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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote on 2017-11-21:

This will be fixed in evolution 3.26.2.

Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released
importance:	Undecided → Medium
Changed in evolution (Ubuntu Artful):
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2017-11-21

Changed in evolution:
importance:	Unknown → Medium
status:	Unknown → Fix Released

Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) on 2017-12-12

Changed in evolution (Ubuntu Artful):
status:	Triaged → In Progress

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fermulator (fermulator) wrote on 2018-02-23:

#10

@jbicha; how can we get this fix delivered into Ubuntu Artful stable? - this has been fixed since Nov2017, and still yet delivered into Ubuntu 17.10

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Michael Neuling (mikey-neuling) wrote on 2018-02-24:

#11

The lack of updates to simple yet annoying problems in Evolution is the number one reason I'm moving to Fedora next time I install my laptop. Seems to happen every release.