Public bug reported: In vCard there's support for all kinds of names: family, given, middle, nickname, but also a separate "formatted name". There should be a priority list for which of those would be displayed when available, and a config option to change the preference between at least "given family" and "nickname" (separate pref for "family, given", bug #1439140).
At the moment in the contacts list, I can see the formatted name (as synced from a remote address book), but when I open the contact, family and given names are displayed in the header - and I can't edit the formatted name. When searching, only the display name is used there's no way to search by other properties (bug #1474308). Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard, structured name (N) is required in all but v4.0, where formatted name (FN) is required in v3.0+, it seems that the locale/preference-aware formatting would have to happen when editing, and stored in FN. Organization name should be a fallback, too, if no structured or nickname is given - for organization contacts with no obvious contact person. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: address-book-app 0.2+15.04.20150701-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.4.67 armv7l ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 Architecture: armhf Date: Tue Jul 14 12:10:13 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-09 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 - armhf (20150709-225837) SourcePackage: address-book-app UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubuntu-ux Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: address-book-app (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug armhf third-party-packages vivid ** Also affects: ubuntu-ux Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1474311 Title: There's no "nickname" or "display name" fields available To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1474311/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
