Dear Preston, Thanks for letting me know that I'm not alone (and overly critical).
Best, Chris. Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Saturday, March 21st, 2026 at 11:07 PM, Preston Maness <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/21/26 3:56 AM, Joe wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:26:06 +0000 > > blender505 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> In an effort to "help" with the project, I would like to offer a > >> quick suggestion (since I am sure that others have brought this up > >> before, my message will simply add another voice): When saving a > >> file, the file's name is automatically highlighted in blue, but it is > >> not selected. This is confusing because a "selected" filename is also > >> highlighted in blue, and I often---without thinking---proceed to edit > >> the file's name just to find out that I am actually changing the save > >> location. > > > > It is the file manager that determines that kind of behaviour, and it > > may well be customisable. The common file managers are Thunar and > > Nautilus, the latter usually identifying itself as 'Files'. The name of > > your file manager and Mr Google may help you find a fix for this, or at > > least whether other people have trouble with it. > > > > This is the behaviour of the Thunar file manager. I know because I too > am regularly bit by this. I simply have never bothered to try reporting > a bug about it. > > -- > In Solidarity, > Preston Maness > 512-955-1048 > https://keyoxide.org/79895B2E0F87503F1DDE80B649765D7F0DDD9BD5 > >
