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Bug 755926 - Directory navigation awkward with search in the file chooser
Directory navigation awkward with search in the file chooser
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkFileChooser
3.18.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
Federico Mena Quintero
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-10-01 09:50 UTC by Marius Gedminas
Modified: 2015-10-02 03:34 UTC
See Also:
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Description Marius Gedminas 2015-10-01 09:50:56 UTC
Let's say I want to open a project 'foobar' in gnome-builder.  The project is in ~/src.  I get a file chooser and start typing 'src'.   I expect that if I'll be able to press Enter (or maybe /) and then start typing 'foo'.

This doesn't work: if I press Enter, nothing happens.  I have to explicitly focus the file list (by pressing Down) before Enter opens the folder.

Now I type 'foo' (i.e. a sufficiently unique prefix of 'foobar'), which again matches the thing I want, and then I have to press Down again and Enter to select it.

If I try the other alternative I considered -- src/foo -- it just clears the result list as soon as I type the /.