I have exactly the same problem as Andy reports with all my addressbooks (which include LDAP) ... and came up with the same work around.
Reported from an up-to-date Debian testing system. -- Andy On Wednesday, 7 September 2016 17:15:06 BST Andreas Bourges wrote: > Hi, > > ...since quite a while (after switching to kdepim 5.x I guess), my composer > recipient auto-completion has some minor problems. > > When composing a new message and starting to type a recipient name in the > "To:" field, no auto-completion occurs (let's say I type "Mic" to search for > my colleague "Michael" - nothing happens). > > *But* if I delete the typed characters again using backspace and re-type the > same string (type BS,BS,BS, M,i,c) in the To: field, auto-completion works > over all my kontact resources ("Michael" is found). > > Btw - I only have CardDav/SOGo addressbooks. > > Has anyone observed a similar behaviour (and solved it?). > > Thanks and regards, > > Andy