Bug#872588: [libgtk-3-bin] GtkFileChooser: Selected vs non-selected files/folders behave inconsistently on single/double-click, causing accidental selection/navigation

[OmegaPhil]

Package: libgtk-3-bin
Version: 3.22.16-1
Severity: normal

Opening a bug here so that I can track this in Debian.

Since 3.18, the 'click to activate' behaviour of a GtkFileChooser has
been purposefully broken to allow selecting and acting on a
file/directory with one click[0]. This is not normal behaviour, and
frequently gets in my way when I have to use GTK3 programs.

There is a bug upstream, unresolved after a few years[0], which
highlights that Ubuntu has a patch[1] (rather, a hack) to get back to
the correct behaviour. Please can this be considered to be included into
Debian proper (it doesn't look like the maintainers are interested in
fixing it from reading the ticket).

Thanks

0:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk%2B/commit/?id=fb0a13b7f070a14312dafa1e4df6ba03cf33be01
1: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758065
2: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758065#c32


--- System information. ---
Architecture: Kernel:       Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64

Debian Release: stretch/sid
  990 testing         10.1.0.3   500 unstable        10.1.0.3   500
quodlibet-unstable lazka.github.io   100 ascii-proposed  10.1.0.3
--- Package information. ---
Depends                        (Version) | Installed
========================================-+-===============
libatk-bridge2.0-0            (>= 2.5.3) | 2.22.0-2
libatk1.0-0                  (>= 2.15.1) | libc6
  (>= 2.4) | libcairo-gobject2            (>= 1.10.0) | libcairo2
            (>= 1.14.0) | libepoxy0                       (>= 1.0) |
libfontconfig1                 (>= 2.11) | libfreetype6
(>= 2.2.1) | libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0           (>= 2.22.0) | libglib2.0-0
            (>= 2.49.4) | libgtk-3-0                (>= 3.22.16-1) |
libpango-1.0-0               (>= 1.37.3) | libpangocairo-1.0-0
(>= 1.37.3) | libpangoft2-1.0-0            (>= 1.37.3) |
libwayland-client0           (>= 1.9.91) | libwayland-cursor0
(>= 1.9.91) | libwayland-egl1-mesa        (>= 10.0.2)  |  OR
libwayland-egl1                      | libx11-6
       | libxcomposite1              (>= 1:0.3-1) | libxcursor1
         (>> 1.1.2) | libxdamage1                   (>= 1:1.1) |
libxext6                                 | libxfixes3
           | libxi6                                   | libxinerama1
                        | libxkbcommon0                 (>= 0.5.0) |
libxrandr2                               | libgtk-3-common           (>=
3.22.16-1) | gtk-update-icon-cache                    |

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