Public bug reported: Since the GNOME 3.18 upgrade I keep opening files by error in the gedit file-selector. It took me a while to understand, what's going on why sometime single click acts like double click it seems to be due to this change https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk%2B/commit/?id=fb0a13b7
"file chooser: Allow activating without double-click Interpret a unmodified primary click on the selection like a double click. This makes it possible to activate a file or open a folder without using double-click." That has several issues: - the behaviour seems inconsistant, it's not easy to understand what's going on as an user (I first though my mouse buttons was having issues) - if you double click on a selected directory to browse it, it opens it with the first click then open an item directly in the directory, which is not what you want (seems https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757950 was meant to address that but it doesn't here) - if you select an item, switch to another windows and click back on the file-selector to focus it and manage to hit the selected item then it's opened... I'm unsure what the issue the change was trying to address, if that's about touch devices maybe the behaviour shouldn't impact pointer devices? ** Affects: gtk Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: High Status: New ** Tags: gtk318 rls-x-incoming ** Changed in: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Tags added: gtk318 rls-x-incoming ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #758649 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758649 ** Also affects: gtk via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758649 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1519778 Title: Single click opening of selected items in file-selector is confusing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtk/+bug/1519778/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
