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Save as dialog doesn't show selected image

Replicate

  1. Place several PNG images into /tmp/.

  2. Open a program.

  3. When saving, browse to /tmp/.

  4. Select one of the existing images in the /tmp/ directory.

  5. Take a screenshot of that program. Expected

The image thumbnail shows the selected image in the /tmp/ directory.

Actual

The image thumbnail shows an image of the screenshot, regardless of whatever PNG image was selected in the Save As dialog box.

In the following image, upper-left dialog box was taken as a screenshot, the upper-right dialog box is an image that exists in the /tmp/ directory named "install-linux.png" (opened with "feh" image viewer), and the lower dialog box shows the "Save As" dialog with "install-linux.png" selected but the upper-left dialog box is shown, instead.

As a user, I already know what screenshot image has been captured. What I'd like to see is what image I'm replacing. This is especially useful when there are a lot of similar images and I want to make sure I'm replacing the correct one.

thunar

And here's a screenshot showing that the above screenshot doesn't appear as a thumbnail when selected in the Save As dialog:

thunar-02

Work around

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Change to the /tmp/ directory.
  3. Run "feh" on the images to confirm overwriting the correct file.

Additional details

I believe this is a regression as it was providing a preview of the selected file at least a week ago.

Edited by Alexander Schwinn