1182694 - GTK3 "File Upload" dialog lacks an input field to enter a filename

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Core :: Widget: Gtk, defect, P3)

Description

[Botond Ballo [:botond]]

With GTK2 Firefox, when I upload a patch to bugzilla, the File Upload dialog contains (and gives focus to) an input field where I can type a filename (of a file in the currently selected folder).

With GTK3 Firefox, the File Upload dialog contains no such input field.

This severely degrades the usability of the File Upload dialog for me, as I rely very heavily on the ability to type filenames there.

Comment 1

[Botond Ballo [:botond]]

To add insult to injury, the list view of files in the current folder doesn't react to keyboard input (that would select the file whose name starts with what I'm typing) either.

Comment 2

[Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me)]

(In reply to Botond Ballo [:botond] from comment #0)
> With GTK2 Firefox, when I upload a patch to bugzilla, the File Upload dialog
> contains (and gives focus to) an input field where I can type a filename (of
> a file in the currently selected folder).
> 
> With GTK3 Firefox, the File Upload dialog contains no such input field.
> 
> This severely degrades the usability of the File Upload dialog for me, as I
> rely very heavily on the ability to type filenames there.

We use a standard Gtk3 file dialog...do you see similar issues in other gtk3 apps? Like gedit or so?

Comment 3

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

Hit the / key, and it will open an input field. You can also hit CTRL+L. I don't know how you're supposed to find out about this on your own. The lack of documentation for these things in Gtk+ is pretty annoying.

Comment 4

[Botond Ballo [:botond]]

(In reply to Martin Stránský from comment #2)
> (In reply to Botond Ballo [:botond] from comment #0)
> > With GTK2 Firefox, when I upload a patch to bugzilla, the File Upload dialog
> > contains (and gives focus to) an input field where I can type a filename (of
> > a file in the currently selected folder).
> > 
> > With GTK3 Firefox, the File Upload dialog contains no such input field.
> > 
> > This severely degrades the usability of the File Upload dialog for me, as I
> > rely very heavily on the ability to type filenames there.
> 
> We use a standard Gtk3 file dialog...do you see similar issues in other gtk3
> apps? Like gedit or so?

Yes, gedit's file open dialog is the same.

Does GTK3 expose any flags to make the input field shown by default?

Comment 5

[Botond Ballo [:botond]]

(In reply to Mike Hommey [:glandium] from comment #3)
> Hit the / key, and it will open an input field. You can also hit CTRL+L. I
> don't know how you're supposed to find out about this on your own. The lack
> of documentation for these things in Gtk+ is pretty annoying.

Thanks, didn't know about those. Annoyingly, '/' not only activates the input field, it actually types '/' into it (which I then typically have to erase). Ctrl+L works fine though.

Comment 6

[Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me)]

There's no way to fix that to enable the keyboard input field by default unless Firefox implements it own file chooser dialog.

Comment 8

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

Moving to p3 because no activity for at least 1 year(s).
See https://github.com/mozilla/bug-handling/blob/master/policy/triage-bugzilla.md#how-do-you-triage for more information

Comment 9

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

No activity for years, closing.
Please reopen if this is still impacting you.