File picker gets bigger more and more each time!
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gtk4 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Jammy |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Impact
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Many users are annoyed that the GTK4 file chooser gets bigger every time it's used until it fills the whole screen. The GTK4 file chooser is used by xdg-desktop-
Test Case
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Install the gtk4 updates.
Then log out or restart your computer (the xdg-desktop-
From the Firefox snap, hit Ctrl+O to open the file chooser.
Manually reduce the size of the file chooser by dragging the edges in.
Hit Ctrl+O multiple times.
The file chooser should stay the same size.
What Could Go Wrong
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Please see the master bug for this update: https:/
Original Bug Report
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Hello. I've just switched to Ubuntu and ever since day 1 I had this issue that whenever I tried to choose a file the file picker window was way too big and it was getting bigger and bigger each time. I have posted a video on Reddit recording this unusual/unexpected behavior.
Here is the reddit post link (with video):
https:/
I've also attached the video to this post, in case you don't want to click the link above.
Here is my neofetch output:
OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS x86_64
Kernel: 5.15.0-27-generic
Uptime: 13 hours, 13 mins
Shell: bash 5.1.16
Resolution: 1440x900, 1920x1080
DE: GNOME 42.0
WM: Mutter
WM Theme: Adwaita
Theme: Yaru-viridian-dark [GTK2/3]
Icons: Yaru-viridian [GTK2/3]
Terminal: gnome-terminal
CPU: Intel i7-8700K (12) @ 4.700GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Memory: 5869MiB / 15936MiB
affects: | ubuntu → nautilus (Ubuntu) |
affects: | gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) → ubuntu |
affects: | ubuntu → gtk4 (Ubuntu) |
Changed in gtk4 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in gtk4 (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → High |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.