Let me type dashes and spaces when editing the phone number in People

asked 2014-01-23 19:01:02 +0200

Artem gravatar image

I am sorry, but writing phones numbers as +358324592817 looks really ugly and not readable to me. It got to be +358-32-459-2817 or +358 32 459 2817 or maybe +358(32)4592817. I believe these all are quite standard ways for writing the numbers down.

Interestingly a phone text field in the phonebook supports all this formats if you e.g. paste text into it, but the keyboard shown let you use only "+", "*" and "#".

So let's fix it. I am not sure what the proper fix would be though.
- Is an incorrect keyboard used there?
- Or is it correct phone number keyboard and it just needs to be enhanced by dashes, spaces and brackets?
- Or shall we go the Apple way, not allow any extra characters and just force the "ideal" display behavior? E.g. on iPhone numbers entered as +358324592817 will automatically be displayed as +358 32 4592817

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I believe these all are quite standard ways for writing the numbers down.

https://code.google.com/p/libphonenumber/

Tanghus ( 2014-01-23 20:25:59 +0200 )edit
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Yeah, it shouldn't allow us to put space or slash into the number, but therefor the phone should automatically display the number so, that you can read it easier.

torcida ( 2014-03-03 14:46:17 +0200 )edit

Come on Jolla, it's a serious usability issue! A year and a half had passed - and not even a hint when or whether this will be implemented at all!

ScumCoder ( 2015-06-27 02:04:17 +0200 )edit