Ubuntu
file-roller package

File Roller Should Exit Automatically After Showing Extracted Files

Bug #490616 reported by Rich Jones
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
File Roller
Confirmed
Wishlist
One Hundred Papercuts
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
file-roller (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Wishlist
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

This is a workflow issue.

Very typical usage of File-Roller:

I download a zip file. I double click on this file to open it. File-roller opens. I extract my files to the desired location. File Roller asks me if I want to go to those files. I say yes, and Nautilus opens. I open my files and work on them.

The problem is that File Roller is left running in the background. I have no more use for this program, yet it remains open until I notice and close it.

Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in file-roller:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

sorry for inconvinence but after thinking a bit I have come to a conclusion if
this feature gets implemented it will cause trouble for users if they only
extract a single file from an archive and clicking 'show extracted file' closes
file-roller but will be an annoyance if the user want to extract another file
from the archive then they have to again open the archive file.

Changed in hundredpapercuts:
importance: Wishlist → Undecided
status: Triaged → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Alex Eftimie (alexeftimie) wrote :

Every time I click 'show extracted files' I'm done with the archive, and I expect the file-roller window to disappear.

For the usecase you have mentioned, it can be easily done checking if the user have extracted the whole archive; if not, do not close the window on 'Show extracted file'.

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Vish (vish) wrote :

If the archive has a single file and user selects "show files" , file-roller could close. [or even when all the files have been extracted]
This probably the most common user scenario.

But if the user has extracted only a single file from the archive , the file-roller can remain open.

Fixing this would not be trivial but is something that needs to be decided by the file-roller devs.

@om26er : kindly re-open the upstream bug report. Let the concerned devs decide if they are interested in fixing it or not.

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Vish (vish) wrote :

Upstream bug report has been re-opened , users interested in this feature can comment and track the bug upstream > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606948

Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)
Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in file-roller:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
status: Unknown → New
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in file-roller:
status: New → Confirmed
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