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[Peter Husen <387957@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry for the spamming. I forgot to mention my last idea: Clicking the
label for the field could be a way to set focus to the field. I think it
does this on Windows, but correct me if I'm wrong.

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Title:
  Improve Save As Dialog Box (focus issues)

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Invalid
Status in gtk+2.0 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The save dialog box has the irritating habit of not focusing on the
  file name area once I have browsed to the location where I would like
  to save my document. This is done better in Windows.

  There are two main scenarios when saving a document where this
  behaviour annoys:

  Scanario 1 - Browsing to save location by double-clicking:  
  1. File -> Save As (to bring up the "Save" dialog box). 
  2. Double click on the folder in which you would like to save the document. 
  3. Notice that the focus is now in the folder list area, not on the file name area. 
  4. I now have to click in the file name area to be able to name my document. 

  In Windows, the focus is returned immediately to the file name box
  once a folder is double clicked, so the name can be typed and the
  document saved in one step.

  Scenario 2 - Browsing save location using the keyboard (find as you type):
  1. File -> Save As (to bring up the "Save" dialog box). 
  2. Click on the folder area so that folder names can be typed to find them. Hit enter to enter desired folder. 
  3. Within the folder, step 2 can be repeated for subfolders indefinitely. 
  4. Once the desired location has been reached, the user must use the mouse click in the file name area to name the file before saving. 

  In Windows, when using find as you type, although focus is retained by
  the folder area when entering a lower folder level (so that you can
  browse to another level using the keyboard if desired), jumping to the
  file name box is simply a matter of pressing tab ONCE. In Ubuntu, I
  have to reverse tab (shift-tab) around 10 times to get back to the
  file name box at the top of the screen, or use the mouse - most
  annoying.

  Solutions (copy the Windows behaviour): 
  1. If a folder is double clicked with the mouse, the focus should jump back to the file name box. 
  2. If a folder is entered into by pressing enter (on the keyboard), focus should remain in the folder area, but the file name box should only be a single tab away. 

  I understand that solution 2 is problematic in that tabbing would
  ordinarily jump to the next element (usually the "file type"
  dropdown), not back to the top of the screen.

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