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.. item in directory browser is a bit awkward to use with keyboard #347

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opened on May 29, 2025

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Say I want to go two directories up, I can't just choose '..' and hit enter twice. The second enter would be eaten.

I have to select '..' once, move up or down with cursor key, and go back to '..' and press enter again.

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aspizu

aspizu commented on May 29, 2025

@aspizu
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on May 29, 2025
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The Backspace key does the same as what selecting .. does.

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Dustymind

Dustymind commented on May 30, 2025

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on May 30, 2025

This problem was introduced in e5fcb0b
It also happens with other items.

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mentioned this on May 30, 2025
lhecker
marked Can't navigate to dir or open/overwrite file when changing directories if filename text field is empty #346 as a duplicate of this issue on May 30, 2025
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stuaxo

stuaxo commented on Jun 8, 2025

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on Jun 8, 2025 · edited by stuaxo

Would it be possible to add alt-up to go up a directory as well as backspace?

This is used in Windows Explorer, Gnome files (Nautilus) as well as the K Desktop Environment.

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mentioned this in 2 pull requests on Jun 10, 2025
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added a commit that references this issue on Jun 10, 2025

Add support for Alt+Up in the File Picker (#458)

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        `..` item in directory browser is a bit awkward to use with keyboard · Issue #347 · microsoft/edit