[MlMt] Regression in composer - comma no longer completes addresses in To: line {To, CC, Bcc]

[Henry Seiden]

Interesting bug. No, Dan. You’re not the only one. Benny, it is 
strange.

This is on my MBP 15,1 (2019) running OS12.3.1(21E258). Just went 
through it. Weird for me as well. Must say I never noticed differences 
but <tab> is involved as well. I used to use <tab> to jump the entry 
fields (moving from the To: to Bcc:, etc.) in Mail with a comma between 
addresses in one field where multiple addresses were involved. Now, 
<return> seems best, but the actions are not consistent.

For me on MM 1.14(r5895) in a new Composer window, I can replicate the 
To, CC, BCC Fields, <comma> doesn’t work intuitively or reliably.

The <TAB> key works fine to complete the entry - completes one address 
when I start typing a few letters in the field, then moves the cursor to 
the next field (whether CC:, Bcc: or Subject:).

In short in terms of reliably working, a <return> is most reliable for 
multiple addresses on the same line. It accepts the automatic fill-in 
and moves to the next address to fill in as I expect it should. A 
<comma> OTOH, produces problems for me with subsequent entries, erasure 
- using <delete> on the line no longer works well. Deleting turns off 
the automatic fill-in functions.

I can make you a video of what happens if you need it.

Could this be because in Mail the functions of <return> and <tab> are 
more or less opposite? MM seems heavily intertwined with system 
standards.

Respectfully,

Henry Seiden
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On 6 May 2022, at 4:13, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 6 May 2022, at 0:31, Dan Pritts wrote:
>
>> Normally, when composing a message, I start typing the address in the 
>> To: line, and once the autocompletion has gotten to the address I 
>> want, I press comma.  Most mail clients, including Mailmate until 
>> recently,  treat this as "accept this autocomplete", finish the 
>> address, and let me start another.
>>
>> However, Mailmate now just ignores the keypress of the comma.  Makes 
>> typing addresses for new messages really irritating.
>>
>> Am I the only one with this problem?
>
> No, I looked into this issue yesterday, but I was unable to resolve 
> it. It seems to have been triggered by compiling MailMate with a newer 
> release of Xcode (r5882 -> r5883) on Monterey. Right now I simply 
> don't know how to fix it, but I'll probably take another look. For 
> now, you'll have to get used to hitting Enter instead.
>
> -- 
> Benny
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