Fine, but in the case of the files itĭoes not select them in the file pane if they are not visible in theĬurrent scrolling area (icon view) so you can see what files are aroundĢ. Pressing a letter repeatedly appears to cycle between files andįolders starting with that letter. Page Up gets stuck on one icon just above the left one. Weirdly - in one case I see with many files, Page Down just togglesīetween two horizontally adjacent icons in the middle of the pane, and Page Up and Page Down in the file pane (icon view) seem to work Tabbing into them and pressing Space is clumsy and time-consuming.ġd. should preferably have mnemonics on them Rather than out of it which requires Ctrl-Tab, which is technicallyĬorrect if as a user you are thinking of what you are doing as moving inġc. And Tab in this mode moves within the file pane This behavior might seem natural in a spreadsheet, but it certainly feels weird in a file chooser. Item, unlike in the simple-icon mode where it moves into that directoryĪfter the end of the list, it begins selecting the Size column of the first item, etc.

Enter key on a directory in the full-details-mode moves to the next Pressing an initial letter will select one and then arrow keys will work.ġb. No scrollbars?) moving arrow keys will refuse to select a file but (which is where you most want it to be until you have found the rightĭirectory) - sometimes the pane is selected for scrolling but withoutĪny file being selected, sometimes (if there are In 1.4 it is still not obvious when focus moves into the file pane Fast and simple keyboard navigation, ie when in file-only-selection mode directory movement involves the keyboard sequence 'Tab Enter Shift-Tab'!ġa. Instantiate components in their ownĪdd new components to refresh platform but make them extensible so that toolsġ. Improve File Chooser functionality (1.3.1).

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