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Paul Gevers (paul-climbing) wrote : Re: [Bug 309163] [NEW] Open File dialog fails with inexplicable "Please select a file to open" error

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make
Ubuntu better.

> I open Nedit, hit Ctrl+O to open a new file, click on a filename in the
> horrid Motif "Open File" dialog, and press OK. Instead of opening the
> new file, an error window pops up over the dialog: "Please select a file
> to open". I try again, and again, and even as the filename is clearly
> highlighted and selected, the error recurs. Thus I am prevented from
> opening a new file in the editor.

Unfortunately I can not reproduce your bug. Maybe it would help if you
could attach a screenshot of the situation when the opening fails.

Paul