GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 147978
gnome file selector does not respond to key presses. I have to scroll for the file which is a real pain in a directory with large number of files
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
Description of Problem: What I really really really hate when using the gnome file selector is that fact that it does not respond to key presses. In every other desktop I have used (Windows, KDE, Mac) when opening a file I can type the first few letters of the file I want and it will move the focus to the closest match. In GNOME, you can't do this. You have to scroll for the file. Really a pain in a directory with a lot of file in it and it really slows me down Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Open nautilus 2. Let say i want to open file in my home directory named "zeroinstallguide.html" and there are other 100+ files 3. I press "z" on keyboard and nothing happens Actual Results: Nothing happens ! Expected Results: The first file with starting alphabet "z" should be hilighted How often does this happen? Always Additional Information: What I really really really hate when using the gnome file selector is that fact that it does not respond to key presses. In every other desktop I have used (Windows, KDE, Mac) when opening a file I can type the first few letters of the file I want and it will move the focus to the closest match. In GNOME, you can't do this. You have to scroll for the file. Really a pain in a directory with a lot of file in it and it really slows me down
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 137871 ***