[Touch-packages] [Bug 1807759] Re: Can not type file path in file open dialog, also can not turn on always-use-location-entry
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1863157 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1863157 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1863157 Petition to bring back file name copy/paste functionality in GTK file chooser -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gtk+3.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1807759 Title: Can not type file path in file open dialog, also can not turn on always-use-location-entry Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: after upgrading to 16.04 from 14.04, I found that all file open dialog lost the address bar (location entry). The only thing to navigate between folders is the breadcrumb bar. Every path change requires a dozen of clicking, while before I could just paste the path and done. This is a big inconvenience. after googling, I found tons of reports to restore the location entry using the below command gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry true or dconf write /org/gnome/nautilus/preferences/always-use-location-entry true however, this fails to work on my system, I got fangq@taote:~$ gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always- use-location-entry true (process:11686): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code4: Failed to rename file '/home/users/fangq/.config/dconf/user.SO58SZ' to '/home/users/fangq/.config/dconf/user': g_rename() failed: No such file or directory I would like to get a workaround to revert to the previous setting (either location entry is displayed by default, or can be re-enabled by clicking a button on the dialog). Also, I would suggest the developers to consider adding this feature back. For people who use Linux a lot, clicking is just not fast enough! Links to similar complains: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/154106/show-address-bar-w-full-path-in-nautilus-instead-of-breadcrumbs-bar https://www.howtogeek.com/189777/how-to-show-the-location-entry-instead-of-the-breadcrumb-bar-in-nautilus-in-ubuntu-14.04/ https://askubuntu.com/questions/547688/default-to-showing-and-using-pathbar-in-ubuntu-file-dialogs https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/65 https://blog.tersmitten.nl/restore-the-location-bar-in-nautilus.html https://askubuntu.com/questions/324064/use-path-bar-and-address-bar-in-nautilus and many more https://www.google.com/search?q=nautilus+always_use_location_entry To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1807759/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1807759] Re: Can not type file path in file open dialog, also can not turn on always-use-location-entry
The screenshot is a gtk one, the issue sounds like an upstream one though ** Package changed: nautilus (Ubuntu) => gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gtk+3.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1807759 Title: Can not type file path in file open dialog, also can not turn on always-use-location-entry Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: after upgrading to 16.04 from 14.04, I found that all file open dialog lost the address bar (location entry). The only thing to navigate between folders is the breadcrumb bar. Every path change requires a dozen of clicking, while before I could just paste the path and done. This is a big inconvenience. after googling, I found tons of reports to restore the location entry using the below command gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry true or dconf write /org/gnome/nautilus/preferences/always-use-location-entry true however, this fails to work on my system, I got fangq@taote:~$ gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always- use-location-entry true (process:11686): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code4: Failed to rename file '/home/users/fangq/.config/dconf/user.SO58SZ' to '/home/users/fangq/.config/dconf/user': g_rename() failed: No such file or directory I would like to get a workaround to revert to the previous setting (either location entry is displayed by default, or can be re-enabled by clicking a button on the dialog). Also, I would suggest the developers to consider adding this feature back. For people who use Linux a lot, clicking is just not fast enough! Links to similar complains: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/154106/show-address-bar-w-full-path-in-nautilus-instead-of-breadcrumbs-bar https://www.howtogeek.com/189777/how-to-show-the-location-entry-instead-of-the-breadcrumb-bar-in-nautilus-in-ubuntu-14.04/ https://askubuntu.com/questions/547688/default-to-showing-and-using-pathbar-in-ubuntu-file-dialogs https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/65 https://blog.tersmitten.nl/restore-the-location-bar-in-nautilus.html https://askubuntu.com/questions/324064/use-path-bar-and-address-bar-in-nautilus and many more https://www.google.com/search?q=nautilus+always_use_location_entry To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1807759/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
