Bug 609030

Summary:	x11-libs/gtk+:3 - type-ahead patch for gtk3 (optional patch integration request)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	aditya3098 <aditya3098>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	aditya3098
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	The patch

Description aditya3098 2017-02-12 03:51:02 UTC

Created attachment 463394 [details, diff]
The patch

Newer versions of gtk+ have changed the behavior of the gtkfilechooserwidget, where typing the first few letters of a filename do not jump to the first file with that prefix, but rather performs a recursive directory search. This makes using the filechooser nearly impossible when dealing with large directory trees in systems with slow hard drives. It is also a general irritation during use for some users. 

There is a well-maintained patch on the arch linux AUR that restores previous functionality and it is trivial to apply this to gtk+ on gentoo via /etc/portage/patches. However it would be very useful if we could provide this patch optionally via a USE flag on the gtk+ ebuild.

Here is the link to the AUR version of the patch: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=gtk3-typeahead

I am also attaching my patch. It works with gtk+ upto v3.20.9 (I haven't tested higher)

Comment 1 aditya3098 2017-02-14 13:40:00 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 585092 ***