Bug 772700

Summary:	Cannot add custom messages
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Christopher Beland <beland>
Component:	empathy	Assignee:	Brian Pepple <bdpepple>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	16	CC:	bazanluis20, bdpepple, debarshir
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Description Christopher Beland 2012-01-09 17:25:31 UTC

* Click on the down arrow to the right of the current status
* Scroll to the bottom of the pull-down
* Select "Edit Custom Messages..."

I can edit the text of existing custom messages here but cannot add any new ones.  In older versions of Empathy, I used to be able to do that.  I use this functionality frequently to post witty status updates to my coworkers.

empathy-3.2.2-1.fc16.x86_64

Comment 1 Debarshi Ray 2012-03-06 14:23:45 UTC

Actually if you click the down arrow to the right of the current status it does allow you to type a new custom message if you select the "Custom Message ..." option.

However, the problem, in my opinion, is that these custom messages do not show up in the "Edit Custom Messages ..." dialog. In my case I did not have any custom messages from previous versions of Fedora or GNOME or Empathy and the dialog is completely empty, even though I set my status to "Hello world!"

Comment 2 Rakesh Pandit 2012-03-06 15:12:46 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Actually if you click the down arrow to the right of the current status it does
> allow you to type a new custom message if you select the "Custom Message ..."
> option.
> 
> However, the problem, in my opinion, is that these custom messages do not show
> up in the "Edit Custom Messages ..." dialog. In my case I did not have any
> custom messages from previous versions of Fedora or GNOME or Empathy and the
> dialog is completely empty, even though I set my status to "Hello world!"

I can confirm this issue. I usually don't change my status. Now I tried couple of them. But if I select "Edit Custom Messages.." I don't see them.

Regards,

Comment 3 Debarshi Ray 2012-03-06 17:51:33 UTC

So, just typing in the new custom message and hitting ENTER is not enough for it to be saved and shown in the "Edit Custom Message..." dialog. One has to click the little heart symbol next to the entry widget to mark it as a favourite.

This is documented in the Empathy user help.