[Bug 17439] New: Select All (ctrl+a) does not work in dialogue boxes

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17439

Summary: Select All (ctrl+a) does not work in dialogue boxes
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.14
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

While using NewsLeecher with Wine v1.1.14 on Ubuntu 8.10 I noticed that in
dialogue boxes the ctrl+a short-cut for select all does not work. The ctrl
button itself works while selecting files however. I then fired up NotePad, and
verified that ctrl+a in the main window selects all written text as expected.
However, in the "Open file" dialog, after clicking in the file name box (to
make it active) ctrl+a does nothing. The same behaviour is noted with the "Save
as" dialogue.

I believe this is a bug relative to dialogue boxes. It would be nice to have it
fixed as I personally enjoy keyboard shortcuts and use this often.

Thank you.

[Bug 17439] Select All (ctrl+a) does not work in dialogue boxes

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Dmitry Timoshkov  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-02-17 23:28:53 ---
As far as I can see in Windows edit boxes in dialogs behave same way.

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--- Comment #2 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-02-17 23:29:54 ---
Feel free to reopen if you can find an example where Windows and Wine
behaviours differ.

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--- Comment #3 from Anton Birkel   2009-02-18 14:53:41 ---
I know this behaviour specifically exists in NewsLeecher - I was unaware that
it was not the native behavior of NotePad. I will fire up Windows and find a
different application for which it occurs - but as I said, I know this should
work for NewsLeecher.

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--- Comment #4 from Anton Birkel   2009-02-24 12:34:29 ---
I am logged into Windows right now and I can verify that the behavior I
described for NewsLeecher and NotePad is *correct*.

Furthermore, when you first click in the text-box where the filename is placed
(to make it active), Windows automatically selects all text. If you deselect
the text and press ctrl+a the text is selected again. Neither of these things
happens in wine 1.1.15.

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--- Comment #5 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-02-25 02:46:47 ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> I am logged into Windows right now and I can verify that the behavior I
> described for NewsLeecher and NotePad is *correct*.
> Furthermore, when you first click in the text-box where the filename is placed
> (to make it active), Windows automatically selects all text. If you deselect
> the text and press ctrl+a the text is selected again. Neither of these things
> happens in wine 1.1.15.

Selection after a click is a different (and not related problem).

Pressing Ctrl+a in a file selection box doesn't work neither in XP
nor in Vista for me in notepad. How do you test that?

[Bug 17439] Select All (ctrl+a) does not work in dialogue boxes

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--- Comment #6 from Anton Birkel   2009-02-25 16:43:42 ---
Well what I did was open the Open or Save File dialogue window. By default the
text box that contains the file to open/save is empty. First single-click any
file in the file browser window, this should now make the file name appear in
the text box. When you first click the name in the text box it will auto-select
all (which you said is a separate issue). Click somewhere in the text box again
or press an arrow key to deselect everything. Then, while the text box is still
active press ctrl+a and it should reselect all of the text in the box again.

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--- Comment #7 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-02-25 21:48:06 ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> Well what I did was open the Open or Save File dialogue window. By default the
> text box that contains the file to open/save is empty. First single-click any
> file in the file browser window, this should now make the file name appear in
> the text box. When you first click the name in the text box it will auto-select
> all (which you said is a separate issue). Click somewhere in the text box again
> or press an arrow key to deselect everything. Then, while the text box is still
> active press ctrl+a and it should reselect all of the text in the box again.

What Windows version is that? As I've said that doesn't work for me
in XP and Vista.

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--- Comment #8 from Anton Birkel   2009-02-28 00:25:52 ---
This works in Windows Vista and Windows 7 for me. I do not have an installed
copy of Windows XP to test it on right now, but if I remember I will try to
find one at work and test it.

Do you have an English copy of windows? Perhaps the key-mapping is a bit
different.

In either case, I can reproduce this is Windows Vista using the method I've
described.

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--- Comment #9 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-03-01 23:35:59 ---
I tested in Vista, and yes I see that edit in "Save As" dialog in notepad
does select all in responce to Ctrl+a. But older Windows versions don't
do that. Since that's a minor change in a UI behavior that's not a bug
at all, and specifically not a Wine bug.

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--- Comment #10 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-03-01 23:36:12 ---
Closing invalid.

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--- Comment #11 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-05-13 05:20:05 ---
*** Bug 18456 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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--- Comment #12 from Adys   2009-05-13 08:43:21 ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> I tested in Vista, and yes I see that edit in "Save As" dialog in notepad
> does select all in responce to Ctrl+a. But older Windows versions don't
> do that. Since that's a minor change in a UI behavior that's not a bug
> at all, and specifically not a Wine bug.

The original bug was about NewsLeecher though, and I can personally see why
someone would want that; particularly if an app uses dialog boxes to display
useful messages.. If it's actual native behaviour, why is it invalid?

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--- Comment #13 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-05-13 09:16:04 ---
(In reply to comment #12)
> If it's actual native behaviour, why is it invalid?

It's invalid because this behaviour is different even in Windows. If you
think that Windows XP behaviour is wrong, file a bug with Microsoft.

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--- Comment #14 from Rein Klazes   2009-05-14 00:42:48 ---
(In reply to comment #13)
> (In reply to comment #12)
> > If it's actual native behaviour, why is it invalid?
>
> It's invalid because this behaviour is different even in Windows. If you
> think that Windows XP behaviour is wrong, file a bug with Microsoft.

Dmitry, I think you are misunderstanding the issue. The bug report is about
"Open file" dialog in Newsleecher. I don't have that installed so I tried 3
random programs that I recently installed on WindowXP and in wine. The three
are:
Newsbin Pro 5.5;
Lotus WordPro R9;
Microsoft VisualStudio 6.0.
All three of these program allow multiple files to select in the open file
dialog (with ctrl key) and all respond (selecting all files) to ctrl+A in winXP
but not under wine. As I read it, this is exactly what the bug reporter
describes.

Notepad on the other hand allows only a single file to be selected ( it only
allows one document to be edited at the same time, so that make sense). It does
not react to selecting with the ctrl key and does not react to ctrl+A. I think
it is a bad choice of program to assess the validity of this bug report.

My guess is that ctrl+A should become active when the flag OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT
is used in the GetOpenFileName call.

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--- Comment #15 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-05-14 00:51:32 ---
The original reporter complained about the Edit control behaviour (file name
box ):
> I then fired up NotePad, and
> verified that ctrl+a in the main window selects all written text as expected.
> However, in the "Open file" dialog, after clicking in the file name box (to
> make it active) ctrl+a does nothing.

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--- Comment #16 from Rein Klazes   2009-05-14 01:33:08 ---
(In reply to comment #15)
> The original reporter complained about the Edit control behaviour (file name
> box ):
> > I then fired up NotePad, and
> > verified that ctrl+a in the main window selects all written text as expected.
> > However, in the "Open file" dialog, after clicking in the file name box (to
> > make it active) ctrl+a does nothing.

So his ctrl-A key press is working. Good to know that that is not the problem
then.

And no, this is not the edit control but the file-view. The edit control is
described as "the text-box where the filename is placed", in comment #4. Once
you see the behavior in an application that allows multiple selections, the
intended meaning of the bug reporter is absolutely clear.

Now read the part that you snipped. And comments #3, #4 and #12. The bug
reporter states and repeats that this is a problem with the file dialog in
Newsleecher that behaves different in Windows XP as in wine. I verified some
other apps showing that this bug is quite common.

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--- Comment #17 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-05-14 02:48:24 ---
The Comment #4 clearly describes that the behaviour description is about
text boxes in dialog windows, that's why he compares it with edit box in
notepad's main window.

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--- Comment #18 from Adys   2009-05-14 04:02:07 ---
(In reply to comment #17)
> The Comment #4 clearly describes that the behaviour description is about
> text boxes in dialog windows, that's why he compares it with edit box in
> notepad's main window.

There's no need to catfight over it. The summary should be made clearer, and
the bug reopened, since it is actually valid.

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--- Comment #19 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-05-14 04:39:36 ---
Valid? In which way? Would you like to file a bug with Microsoft over XP
behaviour then?

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--- Comment #20 from Adys   2009-05-14 04:53:10 ---
(In reply to comment #19)
> Valid? In which way? Would you like to file a bug with Microsoft over XP
> behaviour then?

Dmitry, I don't have a Windows box nearby to test this with, but I also believe
you are misunderstanding the issue (just like I did at first as well):
> Newsbin Pro 5.5;
> Lotus WordPro R9;
> Microsoft VisualStudio 6.0.
> All three of these program allow multiple files to select in the open file

dialog (with ctrl key) and all respond (selecting all files) to ctrl+A in winXP
but not under wine. As I read it, this is exactly what the bug reporter
describes.

[Bug 17439] Select All (ctrl+a) does not work in dialogue boxes

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--- Comment #21 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-05-14 04:57:05 ---
(In reply to comment #20)
> As I read it, this is exactly what the bug reporter
> describes.

No, I don't think so.

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--- Comment #22 from Vitaliy Margolen   2009-05-14 07:26:56 ---
(In reply to comment #20)
> Dmitry, I don't have a Windows box nearby to test this with, but I also believe
> you are misunderstanding the issue (just like I did at first as well):
> > Newsbin Pro 5.5;
> > Lotus WordPro R9;
> > Microsoft VisualStudio 6.0.
>
> All three of these program allow multiple files to select in the open file
> dialog (with ctrl key) and all respond (selecting all files) to ctrl+A in winXP
> but not under wine. As I read it, this is exactly what the bug reporter
> describes.

Open a separate bug for this, after you verify their behavior on windows.