File copy creates 2 popup dialogs

[Naruki Bigglesworth]

Since I switched to Ubuntu 14.04 and installed Krusader 2.4.0-beta3, I cannot copy files any more without using the mouse.

Previously I could select files, hit F5, and press Alt+O to overrite if needed.

But now it opens two dialogs, and the focus always goes to the one that shows the progress bar. In order to keep it going I have to grab the mouse and move to the other dialog.

Is this a bug, or have I somehow changed a setting I never knew about (and how do I unset it)?

Thanks.

[Naruki Bigglesworth]

Anybody have any thoughts about this? Attaching screen shot for clarification.

[apok]

Are you saying that the focus is not on the window titled "File Already
Exists"? I'm running the same version "2.4.0-beta3" but the focus
*does* go on this window, as it should. So I'm guessing that this
problem is due to your window manager. I'm using AwesomeWM on
ArchLinux. Try using a different window manager and see if the problem
persists.

[TN Patriot]

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On Wed, 4 Jun 2014 11:37:28 -0700 (PDT)
Naruki Bigglesworth <nar...@gmail.com> wrote:

Seems to me it's doing what it's supposed to do - it's letting you know that it
started the 'copying' (left-pane, small popup), and the right-pane small pop-up
is letting you know that something needs to be done *with* the copy because
there's already one just like it. It's asking if you want to overwrite it, write
into it or give the new one a new/different name. Once one of those three
choices is made, that pop-up will close and the left pop-up will continue
'copying' now that there's no more problems.


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[Naruki Bigglesworth]

NewWorld, yes, the focus is exactly the problem.

On another computer running Ubuntu 13.10 with Cinnamon, I do not have this problem.

This computer has stock Ubuntu 14.04, no special installs, and has this problem.

I have never actually had this problem in the past, with or without other window managers, so I tend to think it's either a new problem with 14.04 or that I screwed with the wrong Krusader setting somehow.

I hesitate to put a new window manager on this computer because I use it for work and want to keep it as standard as possible. Was hoping someone could suggest a fix rather than a workaround, but I may wind up doing as you suggest if nobody comes up with anything.

Thanks.

[Naruki Bigglesworth]

irgunii, sorry, but you misunderstood my problem. The problem is that the focus is not on the "overwrite" dialog. It goes straight to the little popup instead.

[apok]

> I have never actually had this problem in the past, with or without
> other window managers, so I tend to think it's either a new problem
> with 14.04 or that I screwed with the wrong Krusader setting somehow.

If you think you messed up a Krusader setting, backup and delete the
krusader config files in ~/.kde4 to make the settings the default
values.

> I hesitate to put a new window manager on this computer because I use
> it for work and want to keep it as standard as possible. Was hoping
> someone could suggest a fix rather than a workaround, but I may wind
> up doing as you suggest if nobody comes up with anything.

I was suggesting you put another WM only to isolate the cause of the
problem. If everything is stock settings like you say: Unity config,
Krusader config, the config of your WM, then the fix is to file a bug
report. You just need to isolate which of those is the culprit so that
you submit a good bug report. Or, if you're convinced that it's 14.04's
fault, you can submit an Ubuntu bug.

If your window manager is customisable (like AwesomeWM or Xmonad) the
fix would be simple because you can write per-window settings.

[Naruki Bigglesworth]

Well, it's not the ~/.kde settings, at least. (I do not have ~/.kde4, but I assume it's the same thing as I moved that other folder and Krusader recreated it for me).

Unfortunately, I really have no idea how to isolate the problem. The best I can do is note that the larger dialog (with the Overwrite button on it) actually opens first, so when the smaller dialog opens last it makes sense that the focus has gone to it as well.

I will start looking at new window managers...

[apok]

Hold your horses! Yeah, I realise it's happening to me, too. I guess
maybe it's a Krusader bug :S I remember that this wasn't an issue
some time in the past. So you can roll back a version or two or get a
more configurable window manager that would let you override this
behaviour.