GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 153132
FileChooser should use backspace to go up the tree like Nautilus
Last modified: 2011-02-04 16:16:24 UTC
It took me a long time to discover Alt-Up went up the tree. Backspace should also take you up the tree (this is what Nautilus does). This is incredibly useful when combined with the keyboard navigability given by the TreeView typeahead. Allowing you to rapidly navigate the filesystem like in days of old.
Created attachment 31714 [details] [review] patch to add backspace key
Marking AP3 to reflect accessibility impact.
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Good idea :) Please go ahead and commit.
how does this interact with typeahead ?
When you're in typeahead, the keystrokes are sent to the entry widget, therefore you backspace in the entry widget. You have to get rid of the typeahead widget before you can backspace back a directory. Useful though if you pressed enter on the wrong thing.
Makes sense to me.
Committed to gtk+-2.5