[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#710138: xfce4: Tab completion not working as expected in file selection dialog text entry (Ctrl+L)

Wirawan Purwanto wirawan0 at gmail.com
Tue May 28 15:04:43 UTC 2013


Package: xfce4
Version: 4.8.0.3
Severity: normal

I notice that the xfce4 version 4.8 in Debian 7 have problem with tab
completion int he file selection dialog (usually used for File/Open or
File/Save As operations). As for specific examples, I can notice this problem
in LibreOffice (The one shipped with Debian 7 stable) or Firefox Aurora (v 22),
or mousepad --it really does not matter as long the xfce file dialog is shown.
I notice that the first tab completion in the text entry (shown by Ctrl+L
shortcut) would work, but then it would not do the second filename completion.
Say, I want to save a text file in mousepad to /home/wirawan/test.txt ; I can
begin using "/ho" <TAB> --> completed to "/home". I would expect "/home/wi"
<TAB> would complete to "/home/wirawan", but it would not. Rather the focus
moves to the next element ("Places" sidebar below the "Name" and "Save in
folder" entries). So, why is this behavior? This is not desirable from power
user perspective. Unless I misunderstand how xfce file dialog should work.

Wirawan



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xfce4 depends on:
ii  gtk2-engines-xfce  2.8.1-3
ii  orage              4.8.3-2
ii  thunar             1.2.3-4+b1
ii  xfce4-appfinder    4.8.0-3
ii  xfce4-mixer        4.8.0-3+b1
ii  xfce4-panel        4.8.6-4
ii  xfce4-session      4.8.3-3
ii  xfce4-settings     4.8.3-2
ii  xfce4-utils        4.8.3-2
ii  xfconf             4.8.1-1
ii  xfdesktop4         4.8.3-2
ii  xfwm4              4.8.3-2

Versions of packages xfce4 recommends:
ii  desktop-base      7.0.3
ii  tango-icon-theme  0.8.90-5
ii  thunar-volman     0.6.1-1
ii  xfce4-notifyd     0.2.2-2
ii  xorg              1:7.7+2

Versions of packages xfce4 suggests:
ii  xfce4-goodies  4.8.2
ii  xfprint4       4.6.1-3

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