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Bug 767736 - Built-in search almost impossible to use in GTK file chooser
Built-in search almost impossible to use in GTK file chooser
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkFileChooser
3.22.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
Federico Mena Quintero
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-06-16 18:04 UTC by Inactive account
Modified: 2018-04-15 00:34 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.21/3.22


Description Inactive account 2016-06-16 18:04:15 UTC 
I have noticed that after upgrading to GNOME 3.20 on Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 that the built-in search functionality is almost impossible to use in the GTK file chooser (though it is the same one that allows you to save files as well as choose them).

So if one types something into the search, after they have typed the first letter it will immediately select the top search result meaning one has to re-select the search box, this happens for every letter so searching for a long string becomes very annoying. If one carries on typing once it has selected the top result and unselected the search box it will start searching in the other search which only looks at results.

I initially reported this issue here but thought I should also do so upstream: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1592177
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2016-06-20 15:58:40 UTC 
I can't confirm this. There is no need to 're-select the search box'.
Comment 2 Inactive account 2016-06-20 18:54:25 UTC 
Well, there is for me... Is there any further information I can provide to help? I can provide a screencast to show you what I mean if that helps?
Comment 3 Daniel Boles 2017-08-24 22:17:58 UTC 
I can't confirm this either. Yes, you should provide preferably a self-contained code example, or at least a video showing the problem clearly. Thanks in advance.
Comment 4 Daniel Boles 2017-10-06 16:15:48 UTC 
probably related to Bug 765551 in that the issue is that the focus when searching actually stays in the file list
Comment 5 Matthias Clasen 2018-04-15 00:34:22 UTC 
As announced a while ago, we are migrating to gitlab, and bugs that haven't seen activity in the last year or so will be not be migrated, but closed out in bugzilla.

If this bug is still relevant to you, you can open a new issue describing the symptoms and how to reproduce it with gtk 3.22.x or master in gitlab:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/new