Location Selector should not change mode when window focus is lost

Thunar-Version 4.16.11

1. When the Location Selector is set to Toolbar Style you can click inside of it to alter the path (via Pathbar Style) over the keyboard:
   
2. I even can't take a screenshot of this
3. The problem is, that the Location Selector changes back from Pathbar Style to Toolbar Style when the window focus is lost.

If you have to type in a specific path and look it up from a website you are not able to change back and forth between Thunar and a web browser. Or if you want to connect to a remote location and want to double check the IP and port while you typing and have to look at another window, the typed information is lost.

Example:

1. Type /var/
2. Change to another windows and back
3. It is not possible to enter log and switch to /var/log

By only using Pathbar Style it is possible to change the window focus and reedit the typed information.

Thank you for your great work, and all the best for Thunar 4.18 :)

added 5. Location Selector 5. Toolbar labels

Thanks for reporting !

Yea, I agree that we should do something about that. It as well teased me multiple times.

Not sure if I will have time to look into it in the near future ... A MR wouldbe very welcome !

An exception for the right-click context menu was added some time ago (b81aade0). The commit may be helpful if you plan to provide a patch for this issue.

Here a patch which seems to work .. though I am a bit puzzled about the logic and wonder why it actually works :D

I would expect to get NULL from thunar_gtk_get_focused_widget when no thunar window if focused, but that is not the case. Whereas I get NULL, when e.g. some file in the view is focused.

0001-Keep-location-entry-visible-when-window-focus-lost.patch

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mentioned in commit 91a1d0d5

mentioned in commit c4d497a5

Finally, pushed a fix for this to master and 4.18 (see commits above) --> closing

Thank you :)

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mentioned in commit 6af2e884

mentioned in commit c635015a

changed milestone to %4.18.7