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Bug 444150 - issues when single click starts programs
issues when single click starts programs
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 448562
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Views: List View
2.18.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-06-04 23:28 UTC by Csaba SKRABÁK
Modified: 2008-09-10 16:28 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.17/2.18


Description Csaba SKRABÁK 2007-06-04 23:28:00 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
programs unexpectedly restart when cursor on them and clicking somewhere else

Steps to reproduce:
1. open a folder with files and sub-folders in it with Nautilus
2. set Nautilus main menu > Edit menu > Preferences dialog > Behavior tab > Activate elements by single click radio button
3. single-click a file that has been associated to a working application
4. close the application just started
5. scroll away and forget what you have selected
6. click a triangle to open a sub-folder


Actual results:
folder expands and meanwhilst, the application just closed starts again

Expected results:
to only expand the folder

Does this happen every time?
every single time

Other information:
buggy activation can be repeated any number of times by repeating steps from 4 to 6
Comment 1 Cosimo Cecchi 2008-09-10 16:28:20 UTC 
This is fixed now, thanks for reporting.

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug.
This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but we are happy to tell you that the problem has already been fixed. It should be solved in the next software version. You may want to check for a software upgrade.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 448562 ***