Bug 6511 – Unable to type text in Canola on N900

Bug 6511 - Unable to type text in Canola on N900


Summary:	Unable to type text in Canola on N900

Status:	NEW

Product:	Canola
Component:	Last.fm plugin
Version:	unspecified
Platform:	N900 Maemo

Importance:	Low normal with 13 votes (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Eduardo Lima (Etrunko)
QA Contact:	general-bugs

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Blocks:
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Reported:	2009-12-02 20:00 UTC by Jeff Moe
Modified:	2010-06-24 16:14 UTC (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Description Jeff Moe (reporter) 2009-12-02 20:00:47 UTC

SOFTWARE VERSION:
canola2 2.0.0-maemo1
canola2-lastfm-plugin 0.1.3-maemo1

EXACT STEPS LEADING TO PROBLEM: 
1. Launch canola
2. Tap: Settings icon--> Internet media --> Last.fm--> Login to Last.fm
3. Tap Username: field
4. Type a character to enter username.

EXPECTED OUTCOME:
One should be able to enter username/password for last.fm glory.

ACTUAL OUTCOME:
Contacts application is started, with letter typed in step #4 above at box at
bottom of Contacts app. Basically it searches the Contacts app with what you
have typed.

REPRODUCIBILITY:
100%

EXTRA SOFTWARE INSTALLED:
N/A I don't think

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5)
Gecko/20091105 Fedora/3.5.5-1.fc12 Firefox/3.5.5

Comment 1 Jeff Moe (reporter) 2009-12-02 20:08:27 UTC

This may be related to the bug:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=c4cd0cc80911291029l282b140fob3288389beabfa39%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=enlightenment-devel

Comment 2 Eduardo Lima (Etrunko) maemo.org

2009-12-14 21:54:04 UTC

This is actually a problem with all text entries. Any text you type in will
cause the Contacts application to be loaded. Still haven't found the real cause
of this problem.

Comment 3 Eduardo Lima (Etrunko) maemo.org

2009-12-14 21:55:53 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> This may be related to the bug:
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=c4cd0cc80911291029l282b140fob3288389beabfa39%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=enlightenment-devel
> 

Yes, it is. Thanks for pointing out. :)

Comment 4 Ben Cox 2010-01-06 02:38:12 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > This may be related to the bug:
> > 
> > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=c4cd0cc80911291029l282b140fob3288389beabfa39%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=enlightenment-devel
> > 
> 
> Yes, it is. Thanks for pointing out. :)
> 

I have found a work around for those interested, hope this helps you.
Once you have the text entry field up, start typing and then cancel the contact
search that appears and return to Canola. Press the power button once to bring
up the N900 menu and click back into the blank space at the bottom, thus
returning you to Canola once again. This seemed to solve it for the instance of
Canola I had open (until I closed and re-opened the app)
Apologies if this is at all unhelpful.

Comment 5 Eduardo Lima (Etrunko) maemo.org

2010-01-06 16:41:27 UTC

(In reply to comment #4)
> 
> I have found a work around for those interested, hope this helps you.
> Once you have the text entry field up, start typing and then cancel the contact
> search that appears and return to Canola. Press the power button once to bring
> up the N900 menu and click back into the blank space at the bottom, thus
> returning you to Canola once again. This seemed to solve it for the instance of
> Canola I had open (until I closed and re-opened the app)
> Apologies if this is at all unhelpful.
> 

Yeah, it works. Thanks for the information. I've got the same results by
clicking on the text entry and then power button instead of start typing. This
avoids bringing up the contacts app.

This adds another bit to the level of weirdness of this bug.

Comment 6 Sacha Muszlak 2010-01-07 00:55:36 UTC

(In reply to comment #4)
Thanks for the workaround : really helpful. 

When starting canola from the shell, the typed text is send in stdout : could
this help correcting the bug ?

Comment 7 Eduardo Lima (Etrunko) maemo.org

2010-05-25 17:17:31 UTC

*** Bug 10258 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Karlo Luiten 2010-05-31 15:12:29 UTC

(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > (In reply to comment #1)
> > > This may be related to the bug:
> > > 
> > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=c4cd0cc80911291029l282b140fob3288389beabfa39%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=enlightenment-devel
> > > 
> > 
> > Yes, it is. Thanks for pointing out. :)
> > 
> 
> I have found a work around for those interested, hope this helps you.
> Once you have the text entry field up, start typing and then cancel the contact
> search that appears and return to Canola. Press the power button once to bring
> up the N900 menu and click back into the blank space at the bottom, thus
> returning you to Canola once again. This seemed to solve it for the instance of
> Canola I had open (until I closed and re-opened the app)
> Apologies if this is at all unhelpful.
> 
Does not work for me. Contact's screen does not show.

Comment 9 Alan Bruce maemo.org

2010-06-08 02:02:03 UTC

Under PR 1.2, the power button menu workaround no longer is effective. I have
been using qobi's little "fixer app" to workaround the keyboard focus issue.

Comment 10 Alan Bruce maemo.org

2010-06-08 02:02:56 UTC

Sorry for the comment spam. Here is a link to the fixer app:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=429114#post429114