On Thu., Jun. 23, 2022, 13:39 D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk,
wrote:
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> Why would someone want it to be on? What does it improve?
>
Modals, some people say [citation needed], should stop all interactions to
focus on the file activity. The old Macintosh OSs kept that strict modality
for far
| From: Stewart C. Russell via talk
| On 2022-06-13 14:35, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
| >
| > | It's up there in annoyance with Gnome's modal dialogues, which limit all
| > | interaction with that one file chooser. You can turn them off.
| >
| > How do you turn that off?
|
| Tweaks ->
I also find the behaviour of the text entry box very annoying and have read
others complaining online. Part of the issue is that if the devs simply *must*
keep this behavior, they should change the visual cue of highlighting to act
according to convention.
For example in the adapta gtk theme,
On 2022-06-13 14:35, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
| It's up there in annoyance with Gnome's modal dialogues, which limit all
| interaction with that one file chooser. You can turn them off.
How do you turn that off?
Tweaks -> Attached Modal Dialogs: Off
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| From: Stewart C. Russell via talk
| On 2022-06-12 12:18, Michael Hill via talk wrote:
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| > Have you come across the file chooser behaviour where the search field
| > takes the focus instead of the filename field?
|
| I have, and it's supremely annoying. I haven't found a solution that
On 2022-06-12 12:18, Michael Hill via talk wrote:
Have you come across the file chooser behaviour where the search field
takes the focus instead of the filename field?
I have, and it's supremely annoying. I haven't found a solution that
doesn't involve view source and calling rename(1) lots
Hi Hugh,
On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 11:19 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
wrote:
> I have started to use the file manager (GNOME Files, a Nautilus
> descendent) in the last couple of years. I've recently incorporated
> its search capability into my workflow and find it more convenient
> than
