Bug 192333

Summary: Pressing enter when a folder is selected in the Save Copy As dialog should visit the folder, not close the dialog
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] kdelibs Reporter: Pierre-Francois Laquerre <pierre.francois>
Component: generalAssignee: kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: dev-kde, dev
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.2.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Pierre-Francois Laquerre 2009-05-11 15:57:18 UTC 
Version:           0.8.2 (using 4.2.2 (KDE 4.2.2), Kubuntu packages)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.28-11-generic

Steps:
1) Open any file with Okular
2) File->Save Copy As
3) Manually select a folder using the keyboard arrows
4) Press enter

Expected behaviour:
The file dialog should cd into that folder. This is the "standard" behaviour on most platforms.

Current behaviour:
The file dialog closes.
Comment 1 bisrcacuo 2009-05-12 15:07:13 UTC 
Version:    0.8.3 (using KDE 4.2.3 from Kubuntu binary packages)
OS:         Linux (i686, Kubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic)

I notice the same problem.

Using the "File->Save As" or "File->Save As Copy" menu when navigating by typing in the first letters of the directory I wish to enter, when I hit the "Enter" key it enters the highlighted directory, saves the file with the name in the "Name" field, and closes the dialog box all at once.  If the file already exists then it asks if I want to overwrite it.

The usual behaviour I would expect is simply to enter the highlighted directory and show me the files and directories within, allowing me to navigate into sub-directories or enter the filename I wish to save under.

If no directory has been highlighted when the "Enter" key is pressed, then it saves the file in the currently displayed directory, which is what I would expect.
Comment 2 Michael Graham 2009-11-03 18:41:13 UTC 
I notice this as well on the Add Media to Playlist dialog on Amarok.  

Note that this issue makes it impossible to use these file dialogs with the keyboard only; the mouse is now required to select subdirectories.
Comment 3 Frank Steinmetzger 2011-03-05 11:43:29 UTC 
This is half-fixed in 4.6. Navigating to a selected directory in the Save as dialog works, but when I press Enter while no file is selected, nothing happens at all, even if a new filename has already been entered into the name field.