File open dialog: address bar settings does not get obeyed

[Cos-mo]

Tested with xed and xreader in LM 18 Cinnamon 64 bit

Click to open a file, the dialog shows the address bar as breadcrumb.
Now press ctrl-L to switch the address bar into edit mode.

Close the dialog and reopen it: It does again show in breadcrumb mode.

If you look in dconf at org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser you can see, that the value for location-mode gets changed according to the result of pressing ctrl-L. But although the value is set to filename-entry the dialog gets opened with the breadcrumb.

Bug or intended? I consider it as bug, as the current setting should get obeyed (just as e.g. Nemo does).

[surenenfiajyan]

I also hate these "shiny new" file dialogs, they look inconsistent and ugly. Some GNOME 3 madness.

[JosephMcc]

That dialog is a gtk dialog. The bug/feature request should really be filed upstream with gtk.