This is a valid bug, but it is a bug in various themes rather than in
Nautilus.
For example, in DarkRoom, Elementary, Human-Clearlooks, and Shiki-Dust,
the focused selection color is exactly the same as the unfocused
selection color, which is nasty.
In Ambiance, Radiance, Clearlooks, Dust, Glossy, and Human, the focused
selection color is very nearly the same as the unfocused selection
color, which is bad.
In Mist, the focused selection color is exactly the same as the
unfocused selection color, but the text color is different, which is
weird.
New Wave is the only theme I have installed where this bug does not
exist at all: the focused selection color is peach while the unfocused
selection color is grey.
The problem also occurs in Ubuntu Software Center: it is difficult to
tell which pane is focused, because the selected row in the navigation
pane looks so similar regardless.
** Also affects: light-themes (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Summary changed:
- Selected items do not change color when window is unfocused
+ Focused/unfocused selection colors are confusingly similar
** Description changed:
+ Problem occurs with: Ambiance, Radiance, Clearlooks, DarkRoom, Dust,
Elementary, Glossy, Human, Human-Clearlooks
+ Does not occur with: New Wave
+
For example, open a Nautilus window and select an icon. Switch focus to
the desktop by clicking on it. The window is not active but the icon in
it retains the "selected items" color. It appears as though it is still
selected and that it can be modified by keyboard shortcuts. By clicking
on an icon on the desktop it changes color to be selected an now it
appears that two items are selected.
Several times I've deleted things by accident due to this, especially
when I was new to GNOME. I would have several windows open with items
selected. I would see the item I want selected and hit the delete key
to remove it, only to realize that I had some other window focused where
I had deleted something else.
In Windows selected items in unfocused windows turn gray. I think it
also adds another visual clue as to what window is focused besides just
the title bar.
Firefox and Thunderbird deliver the behavior I expect (probably because
they are only faux GTK apps). Select some text in Firefox and then
focus to another window and you will see that the selected text turns
gray, indicating it is not active. Try that in gedit or evince and the
text will remain blue.
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Status: Invalid => New
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Focused/unfocused selection colors are confusingly similar
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393585
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