If a folder changes structure, current selection is lost
Bug #1671960 reported by
Zisu Andrei
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Files |
Confirmed
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Bug Description
If I right click an item (this selects the current item and opens a context menu), and a file appears in the directory after I have right clicked, the file I right clicked loses focus.
Revision history for this message
| Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in pantheon-files: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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If the change in structure is due to a file being dropped or pasted into the view this is due to the intended behaviour that such files are selected (at the expense of any existing selection). I believe there was a bug requesting this.
I found that the existing selection was not lost if a new file appeared due to being created from the commandline with "touch".
However, if a file was renamed from the commandline (or from another Files window) then the selection was lost, which seems inconsistent.
I think it needs to be carefully defined under what circumstances (if any) newly created files in a view a selected and if they are, whether they are added to or replace any existing selection.