Bug 32231 - Insufficient validation of Combo box input
Summary: Insufficient validation of Combo box input
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
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Product: UCS
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UMC (Generic)
Version: UCS 3.1
Hardware: All Linux
: P5 enhancement
Target Milestone: UCS 3.x
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Reported: 2013-08-13 15:06 CEST by Philipp Hahn
Modified: 2017-08-08 07:09 CEST (History)
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Description Philipp Hahn univentionstaff 2013-08-13 15:06:14 CEST
Comboboxes are used in many cases, where the user should be able to search for an entry. Because of that an arbitrary text can be entered. It is not validated, that the entered text exactly matches one of the choices.
For example:
- System setup → Timezone
- System setup → Keyboard layout
- System setup → Default locale
They all are reset to the empty string and the wizard can be applied.

The entered value should be validated immediately and an invalid/incomplete entry should be rejected, as such broken values can have disastrous results later.
Comment 1 Philipp Hahn univentionstaff 2013-08-15 10:50:59 CEST
*** Bug 24531 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Philipp Hahn univentionstaff 2014-11-28 08:31:45 CET
This still happens with UCS-4:
* Goto UVMM → Add VM → Add drive
* "What type of drive should be created?": Just type "CD"
* Press "Enter" or click on "Next" and you get a nearly empty dialog.

The input field is even marked as invalid if "Tab" is used, but in this case this seems not to be validated.
See Bug #15959 for my plea to use radio-buttons instead or my other bugs to improve the UVMM usability (Bug #33602, Bug #33602)
Comment 3 Florian Best univentionstaff 2014-11-28 09:55:10 CET
It probably also helps in wizards to add the flag autoValidate: true → then the ComboBoxes must be valid otherwise one is not able to change the page.
Comment 4 Stefan Gohmann univentionstaff 2017-06-16 20:37:56 CEST
This issue has been filed against UCS 3. UCS 3 is out of the normal maintenance and many UCS components have vastly changed in UCS 4.

If this issue is still valid, please change the version to a newer UCS version otherwise this issue will be automatically closed in the next weeks.
Comment 5 Stefan Gohmann univentionstaff 2017-08-08 07:09:58 CEST
This issue has been filed against UCS 3.1.

UCS 3.1 is out of maintenance and many UCS components have vastly changed in later releases. Thus, this issue is now being closed.

If this issue still occurs in newer UCS versions, please use "Clone this bug" or reopen this issue. In this case please provide detailed information on how this issue is affecting you.