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Keyboard shortcuts for navigation (Alt + arrow keys) do not work in in-app file browser

Open vikasnataraja opened this issue 5 years ago • 4 comments

Prerequisites

  • [x] I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates.

Describe the bug

The Alt + left_arrow and Alt + right_arrow keys to go back and forth from a folder do not work in the in-app file browser.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Go to any app, do something to open the file browser from within the app
  2. Click on any of the directories you have
  3. Use Alt+left_arrow to go back
  4. See error (nothing happens)

Expected behavior

The Alt + left_arrow and Alt + right_arrow keys definitely work in the regular Files app as expected to navigate between directories but should also work in the in-app file browser in a similar fashion.

vikasnataraja avatar Feb 16 '20 00:02 vikasnataraja

This is a sub-issue of #129 although it could probably be fixed ad hoc in the existing chooser.

jeremypw avatar Feb 16 '20 10:02 jeremypw

Ctrl + L used to work in the in-app file browser, now it doesnt.

Vuneu avatar Mar 14 '20 20:03 Vuneu

A fix is unlikely to be approved prior to development of the filechooser portal.

jeremypw avatar Oct 04 '20 14:10 jeremypw

The file-chooser portal is now done but still only replaces the pathbar in the Gtk.FileChooser (PR to replace the entry has been proposed). Need investigation of adding an eventcontroller to provide some keyboard shortcuts

jeremypw avatar Jun 09 '25 16:06 jeremypw