You have been subscribed to a public bug: In the Ubuntu version of Gtk+ 3 type-ahead as been re-patched in. This causes unexpected behaviours for the file-chooser.
The type-ahead patch should be removed for the following reasons: 1) In file-chooser when you try to search using the looking-glass icon search-dialogue the focus does not stay in the search box, so you have to click in the box each time you type a letter.[1] 2) A magically appearing type-ahead box is not expected and confusing. 3) This behaviour was removed from Nautilus, and from main-line Gtk+ years ago. Having this behaviour re-added is not something that should have happened. There is a search button for a reason. [2] It's better to make people use the less confusing search box than the very confusing type-ahead box. I understand that you might think it is good for the old-timers, but it is totally broken, and has no place in a modern operating system. --------------- [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1592177 , https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/1572 [2] It does not make sense when looking at HIG. And how most GNOME and Gtk+ apps are designed. It is a weird legacy design choice from before Gtk+ modernised and made things much clearer. https://developer.gnome.org/hig/stable/search.html.en ** Affects: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Wishlist Status: In Progress -- Remove type-ahead patch. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1818819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gtk+3.0 in Ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
