To summarize: The dropdown autocompetion selection menu does not appear when I type the recipient’s name (3 chars+) even though there are multiple email addresses to select from. My configuration: Debian Bookworm 12.6 (upgraded from Debian 11) with Evolution 3.46.4-2.
I have been experimenting and narrowed down the possible causes of the problem. I have a setup with two screens on an AMD Radeon™ RX 6600 XT (both with the same resolution 1920x1080 and refresh rate 60Hz):
Primary: Samsung 27’’ (HDMI on HDMI port)
Secondary: LG 22’’ (HDMI on DisplayPort via adaptor)
When I use my secondary monitor to type a message, the recipients’ dropdown autocompetion selection menu appears just fine. When I use my primary monitor to type a message, the recipients’ dropdown autocompetion selection menu appears only when the Compose Message window snaps to the left-hand border of the screen. Actually, in all other cases, I can still press the down arrow and select an email address but I can’t see what that address is until I press Enter. So, the menu is still there but it is not displayed on the screen.
When I remove my secondary monitor everything works just fine. When I switch ports the problem persists as described above.
So, the problem appears only when both monitors are active and only on the primary monitor under the conditions mentioned above. I have tried messing around with my .config/monitors.xml but I didn’t notice any difference (apart from breaking my system and having to restore the backup-ed file).
At least, I can now work properly and select the email address I need exploiting the trick mentioned above but I would like to get to the bottom of this and find out what actually causes it. Any hints as to the direction I should be looking into?
Is this under Xorg or under Wayland? In any case, 3.46 is quite old and will not receive any updates anymore from GNOME developers, so testing with a recent version (and recent underlying components) would be welcome…
It’s under Wayland. I didn’t notice any problems while using Xorg with Debian 11.
Yeah, I know it’s an old version. That’s why I didn’t submit it as a bug report. I’m not looking for support. I’m just trying to learn more about my system…
Well, glad and sorry to hear that, @lihis, as, so far, I hadn’t found anybody else with this issue. Do you also have an AMD Radeon card?
The type of monitors and resolutions seem to be irrelevant. Maybe the connectivity issue is a probable cause of the problem (using a HDMI to DisplayPort adaptor)?
