#583326 thunar: right-clicking a file selects it but does not move keyboard focus

Package:
thunar
Source:
thunar
Description:
File Manager for Xfce
Submitter:
John Lindgren
Date:
2017-11-22 12:30:03 UTC
Severity:
minor
Tags:
#583326#5
Date:
2010-05-27 03:12:01 UTC
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Hi,

Like the subject says.  Steps to reproduce:

1. Start Thunar.
2. Right-click on any file.
3. Press Escape to close the context menu.
4. Press the down arrow.

Expected behavior: the file below the one I clicked on is selected.
Actual behavior: the file at the very top of the list is selected.

(Left-clicking seems to move the keyboard focus.  Right-clicking is the
problem.)

Peace,
John Lindgren
#583326#10
Date:
2010-05-27 06:08:52 UTC
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You might want to try 1.0.2 in unstable, istr it's fixed.

Cheers,
#583326#15
Date:
2010-05-31 16:56:04 UTC
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No, not fixed.

John Lindgren
#583326#22
Date:
2017-11-22 12:27:30 UTC
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This bug is still present and additionally results in a *nasty* usability
bug: accidentially deleting the parent folder.

e.g.
- select a directory in the tree pane,
- in the right window click a file with the right mouse button, to, e.g add
it to an archive
- after the context menu has closed press the delete key to, presumeably,
remove the now archived file
--> the whole parent folder of the file is removed


Even though this takes away some functionality, please inhibit the delete
key for the tree-side-pane, at least when there is some sort of selection
in the right folder window. There is no way to assert the current keyboard
focus.

cheers,
Thorsten