Bugzilla – Bug 362108
gedit: Tab does not work in the Save As dialog
Last modified: 2010-11-27 09:55:55 UTC
In the "Save as" dialog, if the cursor is in the 'Name' field, tab will not move from that field.
Happens in epiphany too, and all "save" dialogs, I guess.
Tab is used for filename completion when you are in the Name field. I'm currently rewriting the completion engine; among other things, it will provide better feedback when you hit Tab.
That patch is already in 11.0; marking as fixed.
Federico, 1. Open gedit 2. Type something 3. Ctrl+Shift+S to save 4. Press TAB It does not move from from the name field. Do the same and enter a unique filename and it still wont move off of the name field. Is this intended? If so, how can I drive gedit without a mouse
(In reply to comment #4 from Magnus Boman) > 1. Open gedit > 2. Type something > 3. Ctrl+Shift+S to save > 4. Press TAB > > It does not move from from the name field. Tab won't move you away from the Name field, as Tab is used for completion only. You can use Ctrl-Tab to move away from the Name field (this is standard practice for text controls which "eat" Tab presses). > Do the same and enter a unique filename and it still wont move off of the name > field. If you enter a unique filename and hit Tab, you'll get a "No match" feedback window. We could make it so that pressing Tab further times would make it say, "No match (hit Ctrl-Tab to move away from the Name field)". What do you think?
>If you enter a unique filename and hit Tab, you'll get a "No match" feedback >window. We could make it so that pressing Tab further times would make it say, >"No match (hit Ctrl-Tab to move away from the Name field)". What do you think? How about; If you enter a unique filename and hit Tab, you'll get a "No match" feedback window. We could make it so that pressing Tab further times would make it move away from the Name field
(In reply to comment #6 from Magnus Boman) > If you enter a unique filename and hit Tab, you'll get a "No match" feedback > window. We could make it so that pressing Tab further times would make it move > away from the Name field This would break the expected behavior for Tab completion, for people who just madly hit Tab between every few letters :)
That is how it seems to work in Nautilus location bar. It'd be nice if it worked like that.
Okay, this is really https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341480 which was NOTABUG upstream. There's no way we can change such behavior downstream-only, so we'll follow upstream here.