Visual refresh issues while browsing into the directories included in the archive

[Ricardo Pérez López]

Binary package hint: file-roller

File-roller 2.26.1 has a annoying, disturbing visual refresh issue that can be reproduced while browsing into the directories included in the archive you opened with file-roller.

To reproduce:

1. Open an archive using file-roller. The archive could be a .zip, a .tar.gz or whatever, but it needs to have directories in it.

2. Browse across the directory structure, clicking in the directories included in the archive to go into them, and going back using the file-roller 'back' button.

Result: Sometimes, when you go into a directory clicking in its name, file-roller does not display the directory's contents immediatly. Instead, file-roller displays for a 0.5 second the same directory listing as looked like before clicking, but removing the directory name itself and all the items above the directory name.

It's hard to explain using words, so I've record a video capture. Look what happens when I click in the "docs" directory: instead of display the "docs" contents immediatly, file-roller displays the same contents as before but removing the "docs" item itself and all of the above ("autopackage", "debian" and "desktop-icons" directories) for a 0.5 second, and then it goes into the "docs" directory as expected. The issue can't be reproduced when I go into the "lang" or "skins" directories, however.

This issue appears with many archives, not only the one used for the video capture. Even more, the issue is not always reproducible: when you go into "docs" directory, there could be a chance to not show the bad behavior.

The problem can't be reproduced with file-roller 2.24.1-0ubuntu2 supplied with Intrepid (I've tested it), so a workaround could be to install the file-roller_2.24.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb package replacing the Jaunty's one.

[Ricardo Pérez López (ricardo)]

For your reference, the issue is reproducible using both Metacity and Compiz.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580624

[Ricardo Pérez López (ricardo)]

Pedro, could you please confirm the upstream bugreport? That could be a way to push the interest of the issue.

Thanks in advance!

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

There's really no real difference between NEW and UNCONFIRMED on the upstream bug tracker isn't going to make any difference.

[Ricardo Pérez López (ricardo)]

The problem is still present in Ubuntu 9.10 (GNOME 2.28.1).