File selection is weird
File selection is weird
Hello,
I am new to the forum.
I am using MX Linux 18 and I find it very interesting.
I like the behaviour of Thunar when it shows files with a sort of web link. I think it should open the file clicking the link but it should just select it when clicking on the remaining part.
Furthermore I see a strange behaviour because in various situations a single click is enough to open the file when it is in the first position of the list, while double click is necessary when it is not in the first position.
Various applications have other behaviours, if I am not wrong, when it comes to selecting files.
Will the behaviour be normalized everywhere?
I am new to the forum.
I am using MX Linux 18 and I find it very interesting.
I like the behaviour of Thunar when it shows files with a sort of web link. I think it should open the file clicking the link but it should just select it when clicking on the remaining part.
Furthermore I see a strange behaviour because in various situations a single click is enough to open the file when it is in the first position of the list, while double click is necessary when it is not in the first position.
Various applications have other behaviours, if I am not wrong, when it comes to selecting files.
Will the behaviour be normalized everywhere?
Re: File selection is weird
Welcome to the Forum.
I'm not quite sure what you mean with this question, sorry. We have little control over Thunar in general, since it is an integral part of Xfce4 itself. You can switch to a double click if you want: Thunar > Edit > Preferences, uncheck Single click.Will the behaviour be normalized everywhere?
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Re: File selection is weird
You can also set the click behavior in MX Tweak.
Re: File selection is weird
Example:
when I want to upload files in Firefox or Chrome and I have to explore folders, I see that when I click once the first file or folder in the list it is opened while if it is not on top of the list I have to click two times.
Similar behaviour when saving files and so on. It is very confusive.
It is the first time I see such a thing.
when I want to upload files in Firefox or Chrome and I have to explore folders, I see that when I click once the first file or folder in the list it is opened while if it is not on top of the list I have to click two times.
Similar behaviour when saving files and so on. It is very confusive.
It is the first time I see such a thing.
Re: File selection is weird
I don't follow that, but you can change the behavior as we have indicated.
Have you used an Xfce-based distro before?It is the first time I see such a thing.
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Re: File selection is weird
I have used XFCE distros but for short time. So I cannot say the bug is not present nowadays on other distros.
I think that (when uploading files in browser):
-click if file/folder is on top of the list -> open
-click if file/folder is not on top of the list ->select
is not good, it is a bug, if it stays I cannot use MX Linux. Is it not possible to fix?
I think that (when uploading files in browser):
-click if file/folder is on top of the list -> open
-click if file/folder is not on top of the list ->select
is not good, it is a bug, if it stays I cannot use MX Linux. Is it not possible to fix?
Re: File selection is weird
The file select dialog for Firefox or Chrome is not the same as Thunar. But I don't think I've ever seen different behaviour depending on where the file is located on the list. Weird.
Re: File selection is weird
In the file-chooser dialog the browser is using, if the first file in the list is alreadyP5music wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:56 pm Example:
when I want to upload files in Firefox or Chrome and I have to explore folders, I see that when I click once the first file or folder in the list it is opened while if it is not on top of the list I have to click two times.
Similar behaviour when saving files and so on. It is very confusive.
It is the first time I see such a thing.
marked/preselected - clearly visble as marked/selected - hence you need only click once
to open/choose this file. All others you need to selected first and either click again to open
or click on the field "Open".
As Sunrat already mentioned, the file-chooser dialog has nothing todo with Thunar file-manager.
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Re: File selection is weird
Ok, I said about thunar too but now I am talking about browser file selection. I have changed Thunar settings and now only double click is for opening files on my system. Thunar has other strangeness because of this but it's not for this thread (try to select multiple files and drag and drop with CTRL key pressed so to copy files, the file you click on to start drag and drop is not dragged).
Now, about file selection in browsers, I see what you say is normal, that is, selection is active on the first element of the list so a single click is enough to select, so I have to think about this every time a swiftly have to go deep in a folder hierarchy.
Is it normal in XFCE? Ok, I see. It's not for me.
Thank
Now, about file selection in browsers, I see what you say is normal, that is, selection is active on the first element of the list so a single click is enough to select, so I have to think about this every time a swiftly have to go deep in a folder hierarchy.
Is it normal in XFCE? Ok, I see. It's not for me.
Thank
Last edited by P5music on Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:28 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: File selection is weird
I'm not clear quite what the problem is here. Perhaps some screenshots or a short video would illustrate P5music's problem?
Certainly once 'single click' file opening has been disabled in thunar and on the desktop I see no difference at all selecting and opening files in MX when compared to any other desktop environment or operating system.
Certainly once 'single click' file opening has been disabled in thunar and on the desktop I see no difference at all selecting and opening files in MX when compared to any other desktop environment or operating system.
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