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Keyboard focus is lost in Nemo when navigating back from a search, with ANY navigation method, in ANY view #3699

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Description

@Mycohl

Distribution

Mint 22.2

Package version

6.4.5

Frequency

Always

Bug description

When navigating back from a search in Nemo (either by clicking the button or with Alt+Left) the keyboard focus is lost from all panes and sidebars. Using "Alt"+letter or F10 opens the menu, but focus does not return once the menu is closed. The only way to recover it is to mouse-click, or to use "F3" to toggle a second pane and un-toggle it. This happens in Icon, List, and Compact view.

Note that other tabs are not affected, and retain their focus on the file list.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open nemo window
  2. Perform a search (doesn't need to find anything or finish)
  3. Navigate back using button or keyboard

Expected behavior

When navigating back, focus should be on the file list.

Barring that, focus should be able to get back to the file list with some accelerator, but there doesn't seem to be any accelerator for changing the focus to sidebar, etc. That's a different bug, though.

Additional information

There are many bugs open right now about the FUBAR focus problems in Nemo, but none of them seem to describe this issue. Some of them have been marked as only happening in one view or only when clicking navigation buttons, but this happens in all views, with all navigation methods.

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