GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 625820
Delay in focus switch from sidebar to viewing area
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:15:19 UTC
When opening a folder via the Places sidebar, there is sometimes a delay in switching focus to the viewing area. Shortcuts like PgUp/PgDown end up affecting the sidebar, not the viewing area as a user would expect. The delay seems to be caused by loading the folder or generating thumbnails - it has primarily been observed in directories containing large numbers of images.
As for me, when I open something in the sidebar, the focus always remains in the sidebar. This is not the desired behaviour, I think. Especially when I open a place from places and then I want to start typing the file name, the "quick search" only affects the sidebar. I have to extra click in the main area, before i can search for a file there. Nautilus 3.4.2 Ubuntu 12.04
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