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thunar select ko after use mouse ("detailed view" mode)
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RESOLVED: FIXED

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Description charlie-tca 2010-02-13 00:46:55 CET
Created attachment 2849 
backtrace from duplicate bug on launchpad

This bug has been reported to Ubuntu Launchpad as:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520118

From the launchpad report:

In thunar, in "detailed view" mode, if you enter a subrepertory by using the mouse, once inside you cannot select files, or subfiles to go deeper in the repertories. Neither right- click nor left-click are available. However, if you entered using the keyboard everything works.
Once the bug happens, there is no way to interact with the contents of the repertory through the window. You have to close the window to open a new one
This bug will happen every time

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 10 23:01:21 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Thunar
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20091209)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: thunar 1.0.1-2ubuntu4
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR.utf8
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-11.15-generic
SourcePackage: thunar
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-11-generic i686

ADDITIONAL: 
This bug has one duplicate on launchpad; I am attaching the backtrace from that duplicate bug.
Comment 1 cyco_miko 2010-03-06 14:46:57 CET
FYI, when I had this bug with Thunar, I decided to install PCMan File Manager, but I got the same bug...
Comment 2 Lionel Le Folgoc 2010-03-14 10:44:56 CET
See also https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=612802
Comment 3 Mike Massonnet editbugs 2010-04-08 14:09:42 CEST
One solution is to go into the settings dialog and select “Single click mode”.
Comment 4 charlie-tca 2010-04-08 14:31:17 CEST
Umm, this bug doesn't care if you use single-click or double-click mode, it only cares if you are using detailed view. The only work-arounds that work are to use icon-view or compact-view.
Comment 5 Mike Massonnet editbugs 2010-04-08 18:23:23 CEST
(In reply to comment #4)
> Umm, this bug doesn't care if you use single-click or double-click mode, it
> only cares if you are using detailed view. The only work-arounds that work are
> to use icon-view or compact-view.

Did you try the detailed view with single click mode? At all? This bug is known to be inside GTK+, and Thunar can't change a bit about it apparently, so what I proposed was a temporary solution to an existing problem. It works fine for me, and is already acknowledged by other users.
Comment 6 charlie-tca 2010-04-08 18:54:09 CEST
yes, I tried it single-click mode, which is the mode I use most of the time. I also tried it in double-click mode, which failed about the same point as single-click mode.
Comment 7 Mike Massonnet editbugs 2010-04-11 08:53:19 CEST
*** Bug 6381 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Mike Massonnet editbugs 2010-04-11 08:56:08 CEST
(In reply to comment #6)
> yes, I tried it single-click mode, which is the mode I use most of the time. I
> also tried it in double-click mode, which failed about the same point as
> single-click mode.

That's probably because you switched to single click mode while the view was already no more clickable. You may have to restart Thunar properly or just open a new window, but it does work...
Comment 9 charlie-tca 2010-04-11 13:04:04 CEST
Well, another false assumption here. I changed thunar to single-click mode, closed it, re-opened it, and clicked in three folders. It froze. 

I also have restarted the computer several times in both single-click and double-click mode. 

I am glad it works for you. Now if only it would work for me.
Comment 10 Mike Massonnet editbugs 2010-04-12 06:50:41 CEST
*** Bug 6386 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11 Jérémy Lal 2010-04-16 21:57:01 CEST
Created attachment 2940 
patch exo-tree-view.c to force removal of user_func noop

This patch against exo-3.0.106 fixes the issue...
The problem is that the code removing the exo_noop selection->user_func
is not reached.
A better fix is still to be found.
Comment 12 TrevorT 2010-05-02 00:33:36 CEST
(In reply to comment #0)

Point about the keyboard:
Once you have double clicked on something, the keyboard won't allow you to select it in the contents pane.  You can highlight it, but not manipulate it (namely, execute a file or open a subfolder).

You can open open use the keyboard to type in the name of a folder in the address bar at the top, but that's about it.

Once you change to compact or icon view though, the keyboard works fine.
Comment 13 Nick Schermer editbugs 2010-05-11 19:00:25 CEST
Fixed in cd80ae7. Doesn't really matter if we unset the selection function since thunar doesn't use a custom selection function in the detailed view (so no behavior change). However the real bug seems to be gtk_tree_view_get_path_at_pos() in exo_tree_view_button_press_event() which doesn't return a path at the 2nd click, while it does in gtk 2.18.
Comment 14 Nick Schermer editbugs 2010-05-11 19:04:20 CEST
Cherry-picked in the 4.6 branch in commit c85fffcfa7.
Comment 15 Yves-Alexis Perez editbugs 2010-05-13 09:58:07 CEST
*** Bug 6420 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 16 Yves-Alexis Perez editbugs 2010-05-13 09:58:22 CEST
*** Bug 6430 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 17 Lionel Le Folgoc 2010-10-12 15:31:09 CEST
*** Bug 6553 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Bug #6230

Reported by:
charlie-tca
Reported on: 2010-02-13
Last modified on: 2010-10-12
Duplicates (5):
  • 6381 Cannot select items after entering a folder!
  • 6386 Can't select files when "View as detailed list" is set
  • 6420 Unable to select any item once a "back" or "up" arrow is used
  • 6430 Detailed view : Impossible to open subfolders with a double-click
  • 6553 unusable software with option "detailed list view"

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Jannis Pohlmann
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