Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 368471
In "save link as..." gtk+ file save dialog using bookmarks clears the filename box
Last modified: 2008-11-26 06:32:52 EST
Description of problem: If a user uses the "Save link as..." to save some file on Linux, then Firefox uses the gtk+ file save dialog which features a pane with "bookmarks" to places on the user's file system. When using a bookmark to jump to another location before saving, the filename box (which is originally pre-filled with the filename part of the URL that is being saved) is cleared forcing the user to either guess what the original filename was or to abandon the attempt to save the file. This doesn't happen when using other controls to navigate (such as the path bar or double clicking directories in the file list display), and it also doesn't happen when using bookmarks in the gtk+ file save dialog started from the "Save page as..." menu action. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.0.0.8-2.fc8 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Right click a link and choose "Save link as.." 2. Click on a bookmark, such as "Desktop" Actual results: The "name" box containing the guessed filename is cleared forcing the user to type a new filename Expected results: The "name" box should still have the same value as before choosing the bookmark. Additional info: If the user changes the file name and the clicks the bookmark, then the name box is also cleared.
I can confirm this. It doesn't seem to be related to firefox though. It seems to be related to gtk+. If you try it with a file in gedit, you'll get the same kind of behavior. I could find this reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtk/+bug/93396 and also upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419737 where there already seems to be a patch.
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The problem does not happen in Firefox 3