1198878 - v42.0 File dialog does not support keyboard quick navigation anymore

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: Widget: Gtk, defect)

Description

[github]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0
Build ID: 20150816004012

Steps to reproduce:

Open a file dialog (for example save or open file, save image or link).

Type the first letters of a directory or file name followed by pressing Return.


Actual results:

Nothing. No highlighting of any directory or file, no quick keyboard based navigation within the file dialog.


Expected results:

When I am using a file dialog, usually you can quickly jump through directories by typing the name of it and it will be highlighted. To go to a "Documents/Downloads/firefox" directory, you would type "Docu" [ENTER] "Down" [ENTER] "fire" [ENTER], and you would be there. Quite quick and it is handled like that in pretty much any other file dialog I can think of.

Comment 1

[github]

This time the Component field should be correct. Sorry for the mess.

Comment 2

[Kevin Brosnan [Ex-Mozilla]]

I see Firefox matching gedit's save file behavior for GTK3 save dialog. The open dialog allows navigating as you mention. I believe this is expected GTK behavior.

Comment 3

[github]

The open dialog does not work for me either, but it actually seems to be an issue with the GTK3 file dialog, not Firefox explicitly.

Is there a way to turn that functionality on or off when calling it?

Comment 4

[github]

I never collided much with the GTK file dialog, but it seems to be *uhm* ****.

PLEASE choose something else!

Comment 5

[Kevin Brosnan [Ex-Mozilla]]

AFIK we are using the expected file picker. Checking with the project devs to make sure. Andrew or Glandium see comment 0.

Comment 6

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

See bug 1182694 comment 3