Screenshot saver picks incorrect folder

Bug #1227426 reported by nikitakit
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Bug Description

Picking non-standard locations to save screenshots is a big mess. Here are a few examples that are unintuitive, and essentially force you to select the screenshot folder manually each time.

They assume a folder layout of Desktop/screenshots/, and Desktop/screenshots/old

Case 1
* Take a screenshot [PrintScreen]
* Under "Save in Folder", choose "Other..."
* Navigate to screenshots/ (double-click on screenshots/)
* The "Location" bar on the top now reads "old"
* Delete the "old", so it saves in "screenshots" proper
* Hit "Open"
* Screenshot will now save in "screenshots/"
Expected behavior: "old" is not auto-populated in the location bar, so you don't have to delete it to save in "screenshots/" instead

Case 2
* Take a screenshot [PrintScreen]
* Under "Save in Folder", choose "Other..."
* Navigate to screenshots/ (double-click on screenshots/)
* Double-click on old
* Use the bar at the top (reads something like Desktop > screenshots > old) to navigate up
* Press "Open"
Expected behavior: saves where you navigated to
Actual behavior: saves in "old"

Case 3
* Take a screenshot [PrintScreen]
* Under "Save in Folder", choose "Other..."
* Navigate to Desktop and single-click "screenshots"
* Press "Open"
* Press "Save"
* Take another screenshot [PrintScreen]
Expected behavior: The "save in folder" dropdown remembers where screenshots was
Actual behavior: It does not remember, there is only the "other" option

Case 4
* Take a screenshot [PrintScreen]
* Under "Save in Folder", choose "Other..."
* Navigate to screenshots/.. and double-click "screenshots"
* Delete "old/" from the location bar at the top
* Press "Open"
* Press "Save"
* Take another screenshot [PrintScreen]
* "screenshots" now shows up in the "Save in Folder" dropdown. Click on it
Expected behavior: clicking on "screenshots" will select the screenshots/ folder
Actual behavior: after clicking on the option named "screenshots", its name changes to "old", it is selected, and the screenshot will save to old/ instead

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: gnome-screenshot 3.6.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-26.38-generic 3.8.13.2
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 18 17:06:55 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-11 (250 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: gnome-screenshot
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-26 (145 days ago)

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nikitakit (nikitakit) wrote :
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nikitakit (nikitakit) wrote :

Looks like parts of this may already be fixed (but maybe not all)

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