This bug was fixed in the package gtk+3.0 - 3.24.5-1ubuntu2
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gtk+3.0 (3.24.5-1ubuntu2) disco; urgency=medium
* debian/patches/restore_filechooser_typeaheadfind.patch:
- remove our patch to restore typeahead in the filechooser, when it
was added back to the package the upstream code had no replacement,
nowadays they trigger a search (which is also what nautilus does now).
The patch was also buggy and creating focus issue in the search entry.
(lp: #1818819, #1592177)
-- Sebastien Bacher <[email protected]> Wed, 06 Mar 2019 13:46:50
+0100
** Changed in: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1818819
Title:
Remove type-ahead patch.
Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
In the Ubuntu version of Gtk+ 3 type-ahead as been re-patched in. This
causes unexpected behaviours for the file-chooser.
The type-ahead patch should be removed for the following reasons:
1) In file-chooser when you try to search using the looking-glass icon
search-dialogue the focus does not stay in the search box, so you have
to click in the box each time you type a letter.[1]
2) A magically appearing type-ahead box is not expected and confusing.
3) This behaviour was removed from Nautilus, and from main-line Gtk+
years ago. Having this behaviour re-added is not something that should
have happened. There is a search button for a reason. [2]
It's better to make people use the less confusing search box than the
very confusing type-ahead box.
I understand that you might think it is good for the old-timers, but
it is totally broken, and has no place in a modern operating system.
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[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1592177 ,
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/1572
[2] It does not make sense when looking at HIG. And how most GNOME and Gtk+
apps are designed. It is a weird legacy design choice from before Gtk+
modernised and made things much clearer.
https://developer.gnome.org/hig/stable/search.html.en
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