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Bug 467709 - The Open File dialog hogs the machine in directories with many files
The Open File dialog hogs the machine in directories with many files
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 310642
Product: gnome-desktop
Classification: Core
Component: libgnome-desktop
unspecified
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Desktop Maintainers
Desktop Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-08-17 16:12 UTC by Jean Jordaan
Modified: 2007-09-02 11:22 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.17/2.18


Description Jean Jordaan 2007-08-17 16:12:47 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
Browse to a directory with many (100s) of files. 
The dialog freezes and eats memory while populating itself.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Browse to a directory with many files.


Actual results:
The dialog freezes and eats memory while populating itself.

Expected results:
The dialog displays the first N files, and fetches more as needed.

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2007-09-02 11:22:14 UTC 
That's a GTK+ bug. Probably bug 310642 or something like this.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 310642 ***