Bug 133638 - File save dialog enabling "search as you type" instead of file name input
Summary: File save dialog enabling "search as you type" instead of file name input
Status: RESOLVED NOTOURBUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.4.3.2 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2020-06-03 14:57 UTC by benjamin
Modified: 2020-10-12 04:28 UTC (History)
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Screencast of issue (1.42 MB, video/mp4)
2020-06-03 15:07 UTC, benjamin
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Description benjamin 2020-06-03 14:57:48 UTC
Description:
Navigating for instance to the "Documents" folder will lose focus of the file name input field, while displaying it as if it still in focus.

I have observed new users frustrated that their keyboard input is ignored.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click save
2. Click a folder in the save dialog
3. Enter file name


Actual Results:
See that input goes to a search instead

Expected Results:
File name is entered


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes



Additional Info:
Blank installations used to reproduce. Reproduced on multiple Ubuntu 20.04 installations.
Comment 1 benjamin 2020-06-03 15:07:51 UTC
Created attachment 161581 [details]
Screencast of issue
Comment 2 Buovjaga 2020-10-11 11:24:42 UTC
You are talking about native GTK3 dialogs, so this is not a LibreOffice issue.
Comment 3 benjamin 2020-10-11 19:12:24 UTC
Thanks for point that out Buovjaga, I now found it reported upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/326

As with many other programs that try to gain new users on GTK-based desktops, this is really a UI disaster for new users. Hoping it gains more attention. The bug is reported in many flavors over the past decade, but with the latest Gnome “type to search”, it got a lot worse.