I have the problem still in Ubuntu Unity 22.04. (it just manifests itself a
little differently)
If I actively place the focus in the file name field by clicking there ( I need
to click twice, otherwise only the focus indicator is moved!) I can type one
letter and at the same time the focus jumps automatically to the search bar.
When I actively place the focus back into the file name field the process
repeats.
I have to click in the file name field twice for every single letter I want to
type in the file name field.
I think Firefox does also use that dialog, at least it shows similar behaviour.
If you leave the original file name and click on "Spara" ("Save") then there's
a chance that the file will actually be saved as that.
** Attachment removed: "The video shows that Firefox doesn't even notice that
the save button is clicked in the "Save as..." dialog and the weird behaviour
of typing inside the file name field."
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1878076/+attachment/5625246/+files/2022-10-19%2016-43-53.mkv
** Attachment added: "The video shows that Firefox doesn't even notice that the
save button is clicked in the "Save as..." dialog and the weird behaviour of
typing inside the file name field."
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1878076/+attachment/5625247/+files/2022-10-19%2016-43-53.mp4
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878076
Title:
GTK save-dialogs input-focus moves from filename to file search if a
folder is selected
Status in GTK+:
New
Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
This bug is also reported on GNOME's GTK GitLab:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/326
## Steps to reproduce
1. Open any GTK app which uses save dialogs (e.g. gedit)
2. Press save
3. A save dialog appears and the filename is highlighted (if typing at this
point you edit the file name)
4. Click on a different folder (e.g. Downloads)
5. The filename is still highlighted, hinting that the focus is still there
6. Type and find yourself searching for a file in the selected folder
-- Current behavior --
The higlighting (on the file name) hints a focus which is not the actual
input focus, and the actual input focus (the search bar) is hidden until one
starts to type, which I think to be confusing and unexpected. Also, clicking
back on the highlighted filename you lose the highlighting, so you have to
highlight again some already highlighted text; I think this to be confusing and
counterintuitive.
-- Expected outcome --
Highlighting and focus need to match. If they don't that's a UX bug, and
there are several options to solve it, some examples:
- keep highlighting as is and keep focus on the filename, this whould require
finding a different path for file search (I think this is the most productive
option, because I assume a user wants to change the folder and eventually
rename or name the file, which I consider more likely than a user wanting to
search for a file within a save-file dialog);
- keep filesearch as is, but show its bar before typing begins, and remove
any highlighting from filename.
For reference, Windows 10's native save-file dialogs disables the
highlighting when clicking on a different folder. Typing does nothing
at that point.
Tested on gedit 3.36.1 on Ubuntu 20.04.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: libgtk-3-0 3.24.18-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-29.33-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Mon May 11 21:53:37 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-03 (37 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200401)
SourcePackage: gtk+3.0
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2020-05-04T10:26:46.106768
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