The Desktop Team was already planning a Gtk4 update to 24.04, so I've
proposed to include this fix: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-
team/gtk4/-/merge_requests/41

** Description changed:

+ [ Impact ]
+ 
  If folder opened in Nautilus contains only one item (file or folder), it
  is impossible to select such item using a keyboard (arrow keys, without
- using mouse pointer). This is caused by a GTK4 bug, however I am
- reporting this as a Nautilus issue since it as far as I know affects
- only or mostly Nautilus.
+ using mouse pointer). This is caused by a GTK4 bug which affects only or
+ mostly Nautilus.
  
- This is a big problem for visually impaired users. Please, consider
- backporting the upstream patch into Ubuntu 24.04 once it gets merged.
+ This is a big problem for visually impaired users.
  
  Here is an upstream ticket and the mentioned fix:
  
  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/3078
  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/6354
+ 
+ [ Test Plan ]
+ 
+ 1. In a terminal, run
+    $ mkdir ~/test-folder
+    $ touch ~/test-folder/foo
+ 2. Open Files (nautilus)
+ 3. With the keyboard arrows, highlight the "test-folder" directory
+ 4. Press Enter to navigate into the directory
+ 5. Press any keyboard arrow
+ 6. Verify that the "foo" file is highlighted
+ 7. Click Enter to invoke on action on the file
+ 8. Verify that the file opened in your text editor
+ 
+ [ Regression Test Plan ]
+ 
+ 1. Open Settings (gnome-control-center)
+ 2. Navigate to System > Date & Time
+ 3. Disable "Automatic Time Zone"
+ 4. Click "Time Zone"
+ 5. Verify that you're able to navigate the list of timezones with the 
keyboard arrows.
+ 
+ [ Where problems could occur ]
+ 
+ The patch impacts navigating the following Gtk4 widgets with the keyboard:
+ * GtkListView
+ * GtkGridView
+ * GtkColumnView
+ 
+ A problem may manifest as broken keyboard navigation in GTK4
+ applications that use one of those widgets. The Regression Test Plan
+ verifies that at least one other application using GtkListView does not
+ regress.

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