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| author | Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com> | 2021-01-16 18:20:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com> | 2021-01-16 18:22:01 +0100 |
| commit | 759f11dc50b2f3694051dd71d0ae6f0bc81a62ae (patch) | |
| tree | 9a9d53e1d819b5f29b25d106ac91f91278775968 | |
| parent | b13a614b0b87d7e9a71be8e30cde2e640e62b797 (diff) | |
| download | memory-leaks-759f11dc50b2f3694051dd71d0ae6f0bc81a62ae.tar.xz | |
Note down GTK itch
This has been a thorn in my side for a while, but I didn't know it was
so well documented.
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diff --git a/itches/bulk.md b/itches/bulk.md index f5ce469..919286a 100644 --- a/itches/bulk.md +++ b/itches/bulk.md @@ -39,6 +39,22 @@ touch .local/share/themes/nofrills/xfwm4/themerc xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/theme -s nofrills ``` +# GTK + +## File picker dialog + +When opening a file in a GTK program, starting to type a filename +triggers a search instead of jumping to a matching file. This is +disorienting; instead of navigating the directory I see, everything +suddenly vanishes, then a bunch of unrelated files start popping up +one after another. + +It seems GNOME developer are not fond of the "type to jump" UX +(cf. e.g. [[1]], [[2]]). + +[[1]]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902061 +[[2]]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/2366 + # Spell checkers - update dictionaries? |