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I have a number of Google contacts with multiple email addresses (e.g. work and home). On my tablet, I use "Basic HTML" mode rather than mobile or desktop. In this mode, I'm having trouble selecting anything but the default address for a contact.

When I'm composing an email in gmail on my desktop, if I type a name with multiple addresses, it lists each of those addresses along with other possible matches, and I can choose whichever address I want. However, on my tablet, it only displays the default address for a given contact - how can I choose an address that isn't the default one?

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"tablet" - Android? – w3d Aug 15 '12 at 22:46
I'm using an iPad. – Cincinnati Joe Aug 16 '12 at 2:32
Suggested workaround: start with the Contacts section and start to compose by choosing the right address - see this tuto – JMax Aug 16 '12 at 7:56
@JMax maybe I'm missing something but I don't see how that helps. Even from the contacts screen, it always chooses the primary email address. I don't see a way to indicate that it should use a secondary one. I could manually copy the address from here but that's painful, esp. if you need to do this for more than one person on an email. An example is that I occasionally want to include multiple addresses for a person, perhaps their home and work email, on a message. – Cincinnati Joe Aug 17 '12 at 14:20
@CincinnatiJoe: damn... Indeed, it doesn't work, sorry! – JMax Aug 17 '12 at 14:42

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