[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 51987] New: FILEOPEN: dialog ignores typed directory name without <Enter>

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             Bug #: 51987
           Summary: FILEOPEN: dialog ignores typed directory name without
                    <Enter>
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: medium
         Component: UI
        AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: lo_bugs at iseries-guru.com


Created attachment 64117
  --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=64117
screenshots

It seems that if the user fails to press <Enter> after typing a directory name
in the file Open dialog, the the program ignores the changed directory name.
I describe a situation leading to a message "<filename> not found", but it is
possible to make the program open a same-named file from the wrong directory.
I remember seeing comparable behaviour saving a file, but it is the other way
around in that the program's complaint is that the named file already exists.

The good news is that a simple workaround exists: press <Enter> after typing
the directory name and before typing the file name.  The program then
refreshes the list of files in the named directory and goes on correctly from
there.


I have master commit id a3a0b81, pulled around 2012-10-10 17:45 UTC and built
with options

    --enable-symbols
    --enable-dbgutil
    --enable-crashdump
    --disable-build-mozilla
    --without-system-postgresql
    --enable-debug
    --enable-werror

and configured in Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General to use LibreOffice
dialogs.  My platform for build and execution is

    $ uname -a
    Linux cougar-natty 2.6.38-15-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 22 11:30:47 UTC
2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
    $ gcc --version
    gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) 4.5.2


The full "steps to recreate" would consist mostly of creating a LO file in a
place accessible to users on different systems.  Perhaps you will let me get
away with some steps along the way to the problem:

(1) Shell command shows existence of file.

        $ ls -l /home/terry/Documents/rzkh.odb
        -rw-r--r-- 1 terry terry 4270 2012-06-01 11:55
/home/terry/Documents/rzkh.odb

(2) In LibreOffice, I took menu option File > Open.  Program presents dialog
    Open, showing directory name /home/terry/lo_hacking/notes/bug_047520 and
    blank file name.  Attached document has an image of the dialog.

(3) In the open dialog I changed directory name to /home/terry/Documents/ and
    typed file name rzkh.odb and clicked <Open>.  Actual behaviour: the
    program (seems to form full pathname using the originally presented
    directory name and the file name that I entered and) presents dialog
    complaining that a file does not exist; attached document has an image of
    the desktop.

    Expected behaviour: the program should connect to the backend database and
    display the Base window.

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