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I just hate the new file chooser. In GTK2 applications I can start typing the file name and the selector jumps to the file. E.g. I type "f", it jumps to the fi
by jakobdabo 11y ago
I just hate the new file chooser.
In GTK2 applications I can start typing the file name and the selector jumps to the file. E.g. I type "f", it jumps to the first file with name starting by "f", then I type "e" and it jumps to the first file with name starting with "fe", and so on.
In GTK3 they implemented some kind of filter, so when I type "f" the selector doesn't move but the dialog will show only everything containing "f" in its name, even in subdirectories! In big directories with many subdirectories and files it slows down everything while it's doing its filtering.
- Tiksi 11y agoYeah this is massively annoying. If you use arch there's https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk3-typeahead/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk3-typeahead/ which patches it back in.
- Grishnakh 11y agoAnd this is a great example of why Gnome is such a PITA: to change anything like that, you have to go download and install some extension, which of course will break the next time Gnome updates.