I'd say the solution is to remove the restore_filechooser_typeaheadfind.patch, see this commit:
https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/commit/?id=99cb6330706eadb58bf9d3c5b77120fdd5971189 After all, such patches were removed from Nautilus for a good reason. It should also be removed from the file chooser, since currently it breaks both behaviors. Both search and type ahead are currently broken, by removing this, at least search will work, which is the upstream behavior. ** Attachment added: "Screencast from 19-01-19 19:20:32.webm" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1592177/+attachment/5230592/+files/Screencast%20from%2019-01-19%2019%3A20%3A32.webm -- 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/1592177 Title: Focus drops from search input in GtkFileChooserDialog after first character, which stops searching (broken behaviour) Status in GTK+: Expired Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have noticed that after upgrading to GNOME 3.20 on Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 that the built-in search functionality is almost impossible to use in the GTK file chooser (though it is the same one that allows you to save files as well as choose them). So if one types something into the search, after they have typed the first letter it will immediately select the top search result meaning one has to re-select the search box, this happens for every letter so searching for a long string becomes very annoying. If one carries on typing once it has selected the top result and unselected the search box it will start searching in the other search which only looks at results. Upstream bug: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/1572 Steps: 1. Open Gedit 2. Choose Open -> Other Documents... to open a GtkFileChooserDialog 3. Press on the search button next to Open 4. Type what you are searching for Expected behaviour: Focus remains in the search input until I finish typing then results come up What happens instead: Searching stops after I enter the first characters because focus is lost from the search input ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: libgtk-3-0 3.22.30-1ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtk/+bug/1592177/+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