commit 759f11dc50b2f3694051dd71d0ae6f0bc81a62ae
parent b13a614b0b87d7e9a71be8e30cde2e640e62b797
Author: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 18:20:42 +0100
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
@@ -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?