Inconsistency between single click and double click when selecting files

[orschiro]

Most interactions with files and folders require a double click to select and open.

Can someone please confirm the following inconsistency:

1. From Chrome, select a file to upload
2. It opens the "Open Files" dialog
3. Open a folder from the sidebar
4. Select a file with a single click

Instead of marking the file as selected, it directly opens it and closes the "Open Files" dialog. I expect this to only happen on a double click but not a single click.

[MggMuggins]

I would expect the "Open Files" to be part of GTK, not Budgie. Could you maybe take an image or two that explains what is going on there?

[ikeydoherty]

I strongly dislike the Gtk3 file chooser..

[orschiro]

I tried to capture the problem in the following video:

https://www.useloom.com/share/cd0cdc0a74534fe5b9c0568c385e8c9b

[MggMuggins]

I agree completely with pretty much everything you said in there. Good video too, thanks for that. In response to your questions at the end, I'm 99% sure it's an issue with GTK's file chooser. You could file a report against them, or simply wait for Budgie 11 and Qt, which shouldn't have that problem.

[orschiro]

Thank you. I believe I found the problem:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758065

Quote from one of the respondents there:

If we're not going to get a proper rationale for this choice from any designer or dev, can we please revert it? It is clear that many, many people dislike this and find it baffling/inconvenient, and no one even seems to be trying to defend it.

Looking forward to Budgie 11.

[fossfreedom]

Well found! Given that it isn't budgie desktop per se, we'll keep the issue tracker tidy by closing this.

cheers.

[ikeydoherty]

Here's hoping they revert it