GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 768180
GtkFileChooser doesn't sort folders above files
Last modified: 2016-07-27 15:01:13 UTC
In the new Fedora 24 the GtkFileChooser doesn't sort the folders above the files any more by default. If you really think users like to sort the like this, make GtkFileChooser remembering the setting. But now I need all the time one click more! Pleas bring back the old behaviour. And no, I really don't care at the "Gnome work flow" at all. I would use Gnome, if your work flow of Gnome would work for me. Sadly some applications like Firefox or GIMP use GtkFileChooser. This file dialogue is really a big pain since many years. This only one problem. But really the most frustrating right now. It used to work.
The GtkFileChooser widget checks the value of the sort-directories-first setting, and has been doing so since 2013. What does: gsettings get org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sort-directories-first print out on your system?
thom@Host-001 ~ $ gsettings get org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sort-directories-first GLib-GIO-Message: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend. Your settings will not be saved or shared with other applications. false thom@Host-001 ~ $
(In reply to thomas meier from comment #2) > thom@Host-001 ~ $ gsettings get org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser > sort-directories-first > GLib-GIO-Message: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend. Your settings will > not be saved or shared with other applications. > false This is why the file chooser is not saving its state. You should install dconf, which is the session component responsible for permanent storage of settings on Linux.
OK, looks like the Fedora team forgot a despondency. I'll open a bug at Fedora Bugzilla.
(In reply to thomas meier from comment #4) > OK, looks like the Fedora team forgot a despondency. > I'll open a bug at Fedora Bugzilla. We won't add a dependency for that. GSettings can use various backends. dconf is just one of them.