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Bug 312265 - It's impossible to select dot-file by typing its name in GtkFileChooser
It's impossible to select dot-file by typing its name in GtkFileChooser
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: Other
2.6.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-08-01 17:54 UTC by Yevgen Muntyan
Modified: 2006-11-29 14:16 UTC
See Also:
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Description Yevgen Muntyan 2005-08-01 17:54:41 UTC 
If you are trying to enter filename starting with period, filechooser only shows
hidden files, but do not select the file, even if you are doing it again (as far
as I understand this happens only with non-absolute filenames).

Steps to reproduce:
1) Make sure the dialog opens in the folder containing some file with name
starting with period, like home folder and .bashrc file. Say, open some file
from home folder in gedit; then next time dialog will open in the home folder.
2) Open the dialog and try to open that file. Try to type its name, or press
Ctrl-L and type the name in the location dialog.
3) Feel the pain of opening ~/.bashrc file in GtkFileChooser.
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2005-08-02 04:27:22 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 305646 ***
Comment 2 Yevgen Muntyan 2005-08-02 13:01:49 UTC 
This is not just a problem of interactive search, Ctrl-L input dialog doesn't
work either. I.e. the following key press sequence in gedit does not work
(assuming Open dialog opens in home folder):
<Ctrl-O><Ctrl-L>.bashrc<Enter><Enter>
Comment 3 Ricardo Lenz 2005-11-16 04:52:09 UTC 
it works for me. i am using gtk+ 2.8.6 here. it was probably fixed.
Comment 4 Mårten Woxberg 2006-11-29 14:00:34 UTC 
Yep works fine for me too in Ubuntu 6.10 with 2.10.6
Comment 5 Yevgen Muntyan 2006-11-29 14:16:37 UTC 
Apparently FileChooser no longer needs to *display* a file to open it. While interactive search is still badly broken, the original bug is fixed.