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[Sebastien Bacher <1878076@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: gtk4 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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Title:
  GTK save-dialogs input-focus moves from filename to file search if a
  folder is selected

Status in GTK+:
  New
Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in gtk4 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  This bug is also reported on GNOME's GTK GitLab:
  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/326

  ## Steps to reproduce
   1. Open any GTK app which uses save dialogs (e.g. gedit)
   2. Press save
   3. A save dialog appears and the filename is highlighted (if typing at this point you edit the file name)
   4. Click on a different folder (e.g. Downloads)
   5. The filename is still highlighted, hinting that the focus is still there
   6. Type and find yourself searching for a file in the selected folder 

  -- Current behavior --
  The higlighting (on the file name) hints a focus which is not the actual input focus, and the actual input focus (the search bar) is hidden until one starts to type, which I think to be confusing and unexpected. Also, clicking back on the highlighted filename you lose the highlighting, so you have to highlight again some already highlighted text; I think this to be confusing and counterintuitive.

  -- Expected outcome --
  Highlighting and focus need to match. If they don't that's a UX bug, and there are several options to solve it, some examples:
  - keep highlighting as is and keep focus on the filename, this whould require finding a different path for file search (I think this is the most productive option, because I assume a user wants to change the folder and eventually rename or name the file, which I consider more likely than a user wanting to search for a file within a save-file dialog);
  - keep filesearch as is, but show its bar before typing begins, and remove any highlighting from filename.

  For reference, Windows 10's native save-file dialogs disables the
  highlighting when clicking on a different folder. Typing does nothing
  at that point.

  Tested on gedit 3.36.1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: libgtk-3-0 3.24.18-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-29.33-generic 5.4.30
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-29-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Mon May 11 21:53:37 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-03 (37 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200401)
  SourcePackage: gtk+3.0
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2020-05-04T10:26:46.106768

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