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Bug 135399 - Ctrl-l keybinding doesn't work on desktop
Ctrl-l keybinding doesn't work on desktop
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
2.8.x
Other Linux
: High major
: ---
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
AP3
: 135090 137477 139721 140365 140922 141101 141342 141673 144275 147534 148159 150979 151858 152452 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-02-25 16:18 UTC by Benjamin Kahn
Modified: 2005-04-09 23:39 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.7/2.8


Attachments
nautilus-restore-ctrl_l-on-desktop.patch (2.41 KB, patch)
2004-11-15 03:57 UTC, Matthew Gatto
none Details | Review

Description Benjamin Kahn 2004-02-25 16:18:54 UTC
Hitting Ctrl-l on the desktop does not open a location window

Thus, to get to a directory not linked on the desktop, I need to open a new
nautilus window, hit ctrl-l there, and then close the old window.
Comment 1 Benjamin Dauvergne 2004-02-26 16:07:25 UTC
Thanks for this bug report. What idea have you to solve this usability
issue?
Comment 2 Benjamin Kahn 2004-02-26 17:52:49 UTC
Well, the obvious choice would be that the desktop responds correctly
to  a ctrl-l.

Other possibilities:

Alt-F2 brings up the file run dialog.  It could be modified to open
nautilus if the user enters in a directory name....

There could be a directory browser applet...

But really, the desktop should just respond correctly to ctrl-l.
Comment 3 Xan Lopez 2004-04-01 14:52:24 UTC
*** Bug 137477 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 bugzilla.gnome.org 2004-04-01 16:12:59 UTC
This might be a more general problem with the desktop. 

The desktop seems not to respond to any key combo that are available when
browsing folders, i.e. the delete or <shift> delete key  does nothing. one has
to use the context-menu on a object to delete it.
Comment 5 Martin Wehner 2004-04-13 22:03:56 UTC
*** Bug 139721 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Tim Herold 2004-04-18 01:00:52 UTC
*** Bug 140365 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Martin Wehner 2004-04-24 16:39:52 UTC
*** Bug 140922 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Martin Wehner 2004-05-08 20:09:40 UTC
*** Bug 141673 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Martin Wehner 2004-05-17 01:07:54 UTC
*** Bug 135090 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Martin Wehner 2004-05-17 01:09:59 UTC
*** Bug 141101 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11 Martin Wehner 2004-05-17 01:23:46 UTC
Ok, all keybindings on the desktop stopped working during the 2.5/2.6 cycle due
to  some changes in gtk/libbonobui. Gtk+ checks if the menu the accelerator
belongs to  has a parent window and if it's visible. Both of these checks fail,
so keybindings don't get activated for the desktop (Besides the stuff that is
hardcoded into the icon-view keyboard handling, like Return/Space/Arrow Keys).

Upgrading priority & severity as this is highly visible and a major regression.
Updating Summary to better reflect the issue.
Comment 12 Martin Wehner 2004-05-17 01:26:30 UTC
*** Bug 141342 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 13 Martin Wehner 2004-06-18 23:48:45 UTC
*** Bug 144275 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 14 Tim Herold 2004-07-22 12:33:48 UTC
*** Bug 148159 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 15 Vincent Noel 2004-07-22 19:15:34 UTC
*** Bug 147534 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 16 Olav Vitters 2004-08-24 21:52:34 UTC
*** Bug 150979 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 17 Martin Wehner 2004-09-07 01:45:27 UTC
*** Bug 151858 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 18 Vincent Noel 2004-09-13 17:11:42 UTC
*** Bug 152452 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 19 Alexander Larsson 2004-10-04 11:36:21 UTC
Fixed in HEAD.
Comment 20 Jon Kåre Hellan 2004-10-12 11:29:16 UTC
I have installed Debian's packages of 2.8.1, and the problem does not appear to
be fixed. The three ui.xml files mentioned in the changelog for 2.8.1 are
identical in Debian and 2.8.1. <Ctrl>+L does not work, but Alt-F2 does. It makes
no difference whether focus policy is click to focus or sloppy focus.
Comment 21 Vincent Noel 2004-10-12 14:06:21 UTC
Indeed, all the keyboard shortcuts for the context menu (ctrl-O to open, ctrl-R
to rename, etc) do not work.
F2, Alt-F2 do work though, which explains why this bug might have looked fixed.
Comment 22 Vincent Noel 2004-10-13 13:16:33 UTC
Well actually they do. Sorry.

The only not-working keyboard shortcut is Ctrl-L, AFAIK.
Comment 23 Calum Benson 2004-10-21 16:42:42 UTC
Apologies for spam-- ensuring Sun a11y team are cc'ed on all current a11y bugs.
 Filter on "SUN A11Y SPAM" to ignore.
Comment 24 Matthew Gatto 2004-11-10 12:59:37 UTC
Changing summary to reflect problem.
Comment 25 Jon Kåre Hellan 2004-11-10 14:24:45 UTC
Ctrl-R does nothing, but the folder/file loses focus.
F2, on the other hand, renames.
gnome-2.8 from Debian experimental, ver 2.8.1-1
Comment 26 Matthew Gatto 2004-11-15 03:55:41 UTC
Ctrl-R works correctly for me on the gnome-2-8 branch. If you have a folder/file
selected it does lose focus after reloading the directory, but that happens in
normal nautilus windows too.
Comment 27 Matthew Gatto 2004-11-15 03:57:01 UTC
Created attachment 33788 [details] [review]
nautilus-restore-ctrl_l-on-desktop.patch
Comment 28 Matthew Gatto 2004-11-15 04:28:19 UTC
Comment on attachment 33788 [details] [review]
nautilus-restore-ctrl_l-on-desktop.patch

something is wrong with this patch.
Comment 29 Vincent Noel 2004-11-29 17:21:12 UTC
On CVS HEAD, Ctrl-R and Ctrl-L both work.
So I guess it's safe to close this bug.
Comment 30 Matthew Gatto 2004-12-02 00:01:31 UTC
Yes, it works again on 2.9, so closing.

For what it's worth, I don't think there's anything wrong with the patch above
(which is for the gnome-2-8 branch); that is a separate problem that the patch I
sent in http://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-list/2004-December/msg00006.html
should fix.
Comment 31 Sebastien Bacher 2005-04-09 23:39:03 UTC
*** Bug 172708 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***