GtkRecentChooserMenu always selects first entry

I think this bug is the crux of the issue in both Inkscape and Gitg: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gitg/+bug/708185

Why was an older bug with more activity marked as a duplicate of this newer bug which has less information? By definition, this bug is the duplicate.

Because this is more accurate and the source of the actual problem for all the affected programs. Fixing this will cause all the duplicates to be fixed as well, so this is the "trunk" bug while the others are branches, even though they were reported earlier.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I have confirmed this bug still happens in the daily build of Ubuntu 12.04, as well as Ubuntu 11.10. I have also confirmed this bug *only* happens in Unity. Gnome Shell and Gnome Classic do not have any issues with selecting recent items from a GtkRecentChooserMenu.

OpenShot, Inkscape, and many other application are going to remain broken until this bug is fixed. Thanks!

I am setting this bug status back to "Confirmed", because it still happens on 11.10 and 12.04 (daily) and only when using Unity. It happens with every GTK application that uses a GtkRecentChooserMenu, such as Inkscape, OpenShot, etc...

This bug affects lots of applications, and I would love to see it fixed. If someone feels this bug is not just related to Unity, please help guide me on how to correctly categorize it.

Easy step to reproduce the bug:
Step 1) Login with Unity
Step 2) Create 2 SVG files in Inkscape (blue_circle.svg and red_square.svg)
Step 3) Launch Inkscape and choose (File->Open Recent-> and choose the 2nd item)

That's it. It will always open the 1st item, and not the 2nd one. If you repeat these steps in Gnome Shell or Gnome classic it will work correctly. Thanks!

I've marked this as Invalid for all packages that are not directly related to the AppMenu.

That is not to say that is is not a confirmed bug and that it shouldn't be fixed! Thank you, Jonathan, for taking the time to give steps to reproduce.

But it is clear what the underlying bug is, and it is in the AppMenu and not in any of the other packages. Therefore, it is only the AppMenu developers that could possibly fix this. I have tried to look into it myself, but it was a bit too intricate for me to mess with.

I'll try contacting people who may be able to actually do something. In the mean time, it's probably no use to file this bug against any other packages further up in the stack.

Jonathan,
I am so sorry for not replying back to you. I was wrapped up in a project
for weeks now and we just finished.
Seems your research and working the bug confirmed my thoughts it was unity
only and not Gnome etc.
I will next time not supply a bug unless I know I can answer you back. But
looks like in time it will be fixed.

Kindly,
Bruce

On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Jonathan Thomas
<email address hidden>wrote:

> ** Also affects: openshot
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> ** Changed in: openshot
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
> ** Changed in: openshot
> Importance: Undecided => High
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (923458).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/752674
>
> Title:
> GtkRecentChooserMenu always selects first entry
>
> Status in Application menu module for GTK+:
> New
> Status in The Application Menu:
> New
> Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool:
> Confirmed
> Status in OpenShot Video Editor:
> Confirmed
> Status in Unity:
> Invalid
> Status in “gitg” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “inkscape” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> A GtkRecentChooserMenu is a submenu with recently used documents. It
> is used in Anjuta and I also use it in my own code (a patch to
> Xournal:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3249971&group_id=163434&atid=827735
> ).
> It is probably being used by many more applications.
>
> When using the global menu, it is always the first entry that is
> opened, no matter which one you click. Looking at the source,
> GtkRecentChooserMenu uses gtk_menu_get_active to select the item. I'm
> guessing that the active item is not updated when using the global
> menu. It probably should be.
>
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Happens in 11.10 and 12.04 Beta 1 and 2. Using Unity only, so cannot deny or prove that it does not happen in Gnome.

Originally filed over a year ago now. When is this GTK+ bug getting fixed?

I am still struggling with this bug.

Having a look

Set to dbusmenu instead of indicator-appmenu since it's where the proposed patch fixes the issue

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I can confirm this behaviour still appears with the latest Inkscape trunk on Precise which reports itself as...
Inkscape 0.48+devel r (Oct 31 2012)

This bug was fixed in the package libdbusmenu - 12.10.3daily13.02.01-0ubuntu1

---------------
libdbusmenu (12.10.3daily13.02.01-0ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low

  [ Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre ]
  * debian/control:
    - Reorganize Build-Depends for clarity.
    - Update style to match other indicator stack packages.
    - Drop Build-Depends on cdbs.
    - Bump debhelper Build-Depends to (>= 9).
    - Update Vcs-Bzr, Vcs-Browser and add a notice to uploaders.
    - Remove outdated Breaks:.
    - Add dbus-test-runner to Build-Depends.
    - Add xvfb to Build-Depends.
  * debian/rules:
    - Convert to dh9; some variables where kept but renamed to brevity.
    - Override dh_autoreconf to make sure it calls autogen.sh, and doesn't run
      configure.
    - Clean up unnecessary files we don't want to install, so that dh_install
      can complete.
    - Override dh_auto_test to make sure they can be run for both the gtk2 and
      gtk3 flavors.
    - Run dh_auto_test through xvfb-run.
  * debian/compat: bump to compat level 9.
  * debian/libdbusmenu-gtk-doc.install: add the glib-server-nomenu.c example.
  * debian/libdbusmenu-tools.install: install dbusmenu-* binaries from the
    multiarch triplet rather than usr/lib/libdbusmenu.
  * Update main sgml documentation files to remove the xml includes we don't
    generate anymore. (LP: #1102468)
  * Drop deprecated calls to g_type_init(). (LP: #1102471)

  [ Didier Roche ]
  * Automatic snapshot from revision 435 (bootstrap):
    - Confirm that icon_name is non-NULL before passing it to
      gtk_icon_theme_has_icon(). (LP: #1082516)
    - Do not reuse menu items if their type is different (LP: #1071321)
    - Fixes interaction with GtkRecentChooserMenu (LP: #752674)

  [ Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre ]
  * libdbusmenu uses deprecated calls to g_type_init() (LP: #1102471)
  * libdbusmenu fails to build due to missing xml documentation include
    files (LP: #1102468)

  [ Chris Coulson ]
  * Leaks GVariant's in multiple places (LP: #1104136)
  * Leak in method call handlers for calls that don't require a reply
    (LP: #1103050)

  [ Automatic PS uploader ]
  * Automatic snapshot from revision 440
 -- Automatic PS uploader <email address hidden> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:01:01 +0000

Any chance of a backport to 12.04?

This is still a pretty major bug for the LTS build - affects a number programs I use every day very intensively - Inkscape, Gnoduino.

Alternatively a decent workaround?

Still present in 12.04, can't find backports, any suggestions for solutions?

Many thanks,

J

I don't know if this merits a backport to Precise.

In the meantime, you can get 2.77 for Precise from https://launchpad.net/~transmissionbt/+archive/ppa?field.series_filter=precise

Excuse me, that previous comment was meant for a different ticket :)

What about 12.04 users????

Still present in Inkscape on Ubuntu 12.04 ... this should work on a LTS...

Request for OS and environment information:

OS Ubuntu 13.10
Notebook: HP Probook 4416s
Memory 2GB
Processor AMD Athlon II Dual-Core M340 x 2
Graphics Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV710
OS type - 32 bit

Verision of Inkscape - 0.48.4 r9939

Hope that helps

This bug seems to come from Ubuntu/Unity. For sample, you are not affected when you are using Linux Mint. Anyway, for the next big version (a bug correction 1.4.4 will be out soon) we are going to switch from GTK to Qt. So you shouldn' t have it again.

This bug is resurfaced in 13.10.

OS: Ubuntu 13.10 64bit
Application: Gitg 0.2.7

Also on 13.04 at many programs.

2013/10/23 Atsawin Chaowanakritsanakul <email address hidden>

> This bug is resurfaced in 13.10.
>
> OS: Ubuntu 13.10 64bit
> Application: Gitg 0.2.7
>
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Atsawin: Apparently a new module is being used which is why the regression took place. See my report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-gtk-module/+bug/1243974