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Public bug reported:

When doing a 'save as' action the menu opens the folder I previously
saved in. But, when going up the chain of folders, in the folder I
happen to want to save, I cannot make a deselection of at least one of
the items in the folder, so as to save in that folder. That is a huge
usability problem.

Workarounds I have to use to save in the folder I want to, when coming up to it
    (e.g. save in /path/downloads/ when coming from /path/downloads/previous_folder_I_saved_in/)
 -choose create folder, type Esc to cancel, nothing is selected so I can save in the folder
 -go one more folder up the chain of folders, come back

What should happen:
 -going up the chain of folders nothing is selected, or
 -move mouse through empty area of the dialog box makes it so nothing is selected

What happens if I don't notice the bad situation:
 -the item in the current folder coming up that is being selected is a folder and the item to save is saved in the selected folder, even though the intention was to save in the current folder
-the item in the current folder coming up that is being selected is a file and I get an overwrite prompt

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Summary changed:

- Kubuntu 14.04.2 fresh install usability of firefox 'save as' dialog broken
+ Usability of 'save as' dialog broken for firefox in a Kubuntu 14.04.2 fresh install

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1429897

Title:
  Usability of 'save as' dialog broken for firefox in a Kubuntu 14.04.2
  fresh install

Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When doing a 'save as' action the menu opens the folder I previously
  saved in. But, when going up the chain of folders, in the folder I
  happen to want to save, I cannot make a deselection of at least one of
  the items in the folder, so as to save in that folder. That is a huge
  usability problem.

  Workarounds I have to use to save in the folder I want to, when coming up to it
      (e.g. save in /path/downloads/ when coming from /path/downloads/previous_folder_I_saved_in/)
   -choose create folder, type Esc to cancel, nothing is selected so I can save in the folder
   -go one more folder up the chain of folders, come back

  What should happen:
   -going up the chain of folders nothing is selected, or
   -move mouse through empty area of the dialog box makes it so nothing is selected

  What happens if I don't notice the bad situation:
   -the item in the current folder coming up that is being selected is a folder and the item to save is saved in the selected folder, even though the intention was to save in the current folder
  -the item in the current folder coming up that is being selected is a file and I get an overwrite prompt

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