Activity log for bug #387957

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-06-16 15:06:59 gdi2k bug added bug
2009-06-16 20:41:22 Pedro Villavicencio nautilus (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Low
2009-06-16 20:41:22 Pedro Villavicencio nautilus (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2009-06-16 20:41:22 Pedro Villavicencio nautilus (Ubuntu): assignee Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
2009-06-17 02:58:36 A. Walton affects nautilus (Ubuntu) gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu)
2009-06-17 03:14:49 gdi2k attachment added File Chooser Screenshot http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28012116/filechooser.png
2009-06-17 03:19:06 gdi2k bug task added hundredpapercuts
2009-06-17 03:24:27 gdi2k attachment added Windows http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28012288/save-as.PNG
2009-06-17 05:42:32 Umang Varma tags nautilus save saveas save saveas
2009-06-17 05:43:50 Umang Varma description Binary package hint: nautilus The save dialog box has the irritating habit of not focusing on the file name area once I have browsed to the location where I would like to save my document. This is done better in Windows. There are two main scenarios when saving a document where this behaviour annoys: Scanario 1 - Browsing to save location by double-clicking: 1. File -> Save As (to bring up the "Save" dialog box). 2. Double click on the folder in which you would like to save the document. 3. Notice that the focus is now in the folder list area, not on the file name area. 4. I now have to click in the file name area to be able to name my document. In Windows, the focus is returned immediately to the file name box once a folder is double clicked, so the name can be typed and the document saved in one step. Scenario 2 - Browsing save location using the keyboard (find as you type): 1. File -> Save As (to bring up the "Save" dialog box). 2. Click on the folder area so that folder names can be typed to find them. Hit enter to enter desired folder. 3. Within the folder, step 2 can be repeated for subfolders indefinitely. 4. Once the desired location has been reached, the user must use the mouse click in the file name area to name the file before saving. In Windows, when using find as you type, although focus is retained by the folder area when entering a lower folder level (so that you can browse to another level using the keyboard if desired), jumping to the file name box is simply a matter of pressing tab ONCE. In Ubuntu, I have to reverse tab (shift-tab) around 10 times to get back to the file name box at the top of the screen, or use the mouse - most annoying. Solutions (copy the Windows behaviour): 1. If a folder is double clicked with the mouse, the focus should jump back to the file name box. 2. If a folder is entered into by pressing enter (on the keyboard), focus should remain in the folder area, but the file name box should only be a single tab away. I understand that solution 2 is problematic in that tabbing would ordinarily jump to the next element (usually the "file type" dropdown), not back to the top of the screen. The save dialog box has the irritating habit of not focusing on the file name area once I have browsed to the location where I would like to save my document. This is done better in Windows. There are two main scenarios when saving a document where this behaviour annoys: Scanario 1 - Browsing to save location by double-clicking: 1. File -> Save As (to bring up the "Save" dialog box). 2. Double click on the folder in which you would like to save the document. 3. Notice that the focus is now in the folder list area, not on the file name area. 4. I now have to click in the file name area to be able to name my document. In Windows, the focus is returned immediately to the file name box once a folder is double clicked, so the name can be typed and the document saved in one step. Scenario 2 - Browsing save location using the keyboard (find as you type): 1. File -> Save As (to bring up the "Save" dialog box). 2. Click on the folder area so that folder names can be typed to find them. Hit enter to enter desired folder. 3. Within the folder, step 2 can be repeated for subfolders indefinitely. 4. Once the desired location has been reached, the user must use the mouse click in the file name area to name the file before saving. In Windows, when using find as you type, although focus is retained by the folder area when entering a lower folder level (so that you can browse to another level using the keyboard if desired), jumping to the file name box is simply a matter of pressing tab ONCE. In Ubuntu, I have to reverse tab (shift-tab) around 10 times to get back to the file name box at the top of the screen, or use the mouse - most annoying. Solutions (copy the Windows behaviour): 1. If a folder is double clicked with the mouse, the focus should jump back to the file name box. 2. If a folder is entered into by pressing enter (on the keyboard), focus should remain in the folder area, but the file name box should only be a single tab away. I understand that solution 2 is problematic in that tabbing would ordinarily jump to the next element (usually the "file type" dropdown), not back to the top of the screen.
2009-06-22 09:58:34 pranith hundredpapercuts: status New Confirmed
2009-07-14 17:46:21 David Siegel hundredpapercuts: status Confirmed Invalid
2009-11-30 00:37:33 Josh Leverette hundredpapercuts: status Invalid Confirmed
2010-01-09 18:35:09 David Siegel hundredpapercuts: status Confirmed Incomplete
2010-01-09 18:35:38 David Siegel hundredpapercuts: assignee Cody Russell (bratsche)
2010-01-09 19:35:50 Vish hundredpapercuts: status Incomplete Invalid
2010-01-09 19:36:21 Vish gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2010-01-11 18:32:41 Cody Russell attachment added Start of a patch http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37737749/lp387957.diff
2010-03-08 21:30:46 Brian Murray tags save saveas patch save saveas
2010-03-09 17:33:44 Brian Murray tags patch save saveas patch-needswork save saveas
2010-03-09 17:33:50 Brian Murray removed subscriber Ubuntu Review Team
2011-03-10 14:20:57 Sebastien Bacher gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu): assignee Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
2011-12-11 02:16:59 Launchpad Janitor gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2012-03-22 15:06:03 yaztromo bug added subscriber yaztromo
2012-09-11 23:43:12 Istvan Chung bug added subscriber Istvan Chung
2014-12-02 13:13:30 Peter Husen bug added subscriber Peter Husen
2017-02-17 12:36:25 ryukun bug added subscriber ryukun
2017-04-19 15:16:56 Ralf Hersel bug added subscriber Ralf Hersel
2019-12-09 20:08:55 Cochy bug added subscriber Cochy
2020-02-05 12:50:45 Dave bug added subscriber Dave
2021-04-18 16:12:09 Jo Wilkes bug added subscriber Jo Wilkes
2021-11-20 14:12:12 colas attachment added Using Dconf to set the value https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/387957/+attachment/5542271/+files/Screenshot%20from%202021-11-20%2015-10-50.png
2022-05-24 06:50:14 Heiko bug added subscriber Heiko
2022-11-23 06:28:51 Chris Morris bug added subscriber Chris Morris
2022-12-03 12:52:19 Tobias Freitag bug added subscriber Tobias Freitag