GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 566767
selecting 'extract' in the file dialog does not respond when 'selected files' is selected
Last modified: 2020-11-11 19:11:24 UTC
this report has been filed here: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/310543 "if I extract a .rar archive, and 'selected files' is selected in the dialog window, nothing happens when I push the Extract button. When selecting 'all files', the extraction begins. I'd expect that Extract always works, no matter if I select 'all files' or 'selected files', and no matter in which directory I am." "if you click on "All Files" and then back to "Selected Files" and click extract then the extraction begins as well" thanks,
I have this problem on Ubuntu 8.10 with File Roller 2.24.1 Video: http://www.divshare.com/download/6992752-cc7 (.ogv)
I also have this problem on 9.04.
Same problem here on ubuntu 9.10.
This bug seems to have been fixed in file-roller 2.26.1. Can anyone else verify this?
I'm using file-roller 2.26.3 in Fedora 11 x86_64 and it is not fixed. It can be made to work by clicking in any choices, then click Extract button. Clicking 'Selected files' even if it's already selected also works. This bug is the same as bug#545866. It doesn't matter whether you extract all (no file chosen in the list) or extract selected (some files chosen.) I'm suspecting that since no file name is typed in the file dialog where Location field is, it may be waiting for some changes before allowing the Extract button. Just a guess.
Not sure if this is related but I'm experiencing a similar behaviour. I think it might be a focus issue. Even when extracting All Files and having the Location field visible (in which you can type a directory name manually) if you press Extract then nothing happens. Clicking in some places (thus giving them the focus) like the area which lists files or the side area which lists directories, then pressing the Extract button does indeed work. Removing the Location text field instead makes it always work fine. It seems reasonable to me that if you press the extract button it should simply extract files based on the currently selected directory regardless of focus or settings. I'm not even sure this is a file roller specific issue, maybe even gtk's?
I forgot to mention that I'm on Ubuntu 9.10 although I don't think it makes a difference. By the way reading all the comments I noticed Martin already reported the exact issue I'm experiencing.
I cannot reproduce this bug, does it still happen with version 3.2 ? Anyway if it does it must be something in gtk+ because there is nothing special in file-roller that prevents the extract button to work correctly.
Can't reproduce this anymore in 3.2.1
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