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thunar "enter the name" dialog is blocking dialogs in other thunar windows

Problem: Unable to finish or cancel a dialog (rename, create folder, create document) if a new dialog is open in another thunar window.

Version: thunar 4.16.10 on archlinux

Steps to reproduce:

  1. open 2 thunar windows (I'll call them thunar_1 and thunar_2)
  2. in thunar_1 right click and "Create Folder..", don't finish or cancel
  3. in thunar_2 right click a file or folder and then "Rename..."
  4. now try to finish the folder creation in thunar_1

The steps 1 and 2 can be any of: rename, create folder or create document

If you try with 3 thunar windows, the last dialog will block the second, and the second will block the first. Same will happen for n thunar windows.