Inconsistent display of selected item in open box after file has been saved within meld

Bug #536866 reported by Asif Youssuff
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meld (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: meld

After comparing two files in meld, the previously opened file is sometimes not highlighted when trying to open a new file to compare. This is very annoying when trying to compare many similarly named files in sequence, since I may open a file that is similar to the file I wanted since it is below or above the previously opened file -- except that the previously opened file does not start off being selected.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open two files in meld
2. Make a change to one of the files.
3. Select a new file via the browse... button

what happens:

The previously selected file is not selected, it picks a new one (seemingly at random, but most often similar to the previous filename)

expected behavior:

the file that was previously selected should be preselected.

Attaching a screencast of what happens.

This worked fine in karmic, so this is a regression.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: b5741632ce80140fe62dfd1ff63467c7
CheckboxSystem: 55ba142b3b792c71cc61171c782c3b13
Date: Wed Mar 10 14:24:38 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20091209)
Package: meld 1.3.0-2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
SourcePackage: meld
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic x86_64

Revision history for this message
Asif Youssuff (yoasif) wrote :
tags: added: regression-potential
Revision history for this message
Adam Collard (adam-collard) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - Maverick Meerkat. It won't be fixed in previous versions of Ubuntu because the package doesn't fit the requirements for backporting. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports for more information.

Changed in meld (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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