On macOS Catalina when I press CMD + S on an empty new file, the dialog opens with filename “untitled” but the autofocus is not on file name. I have to manually click on the file name field to start editing. Is it possible to set autofocus on file name?
Save dialog autofocus on file name
shashank
#3
Noticing the same issue on Big Sur Beta (11.0.1; 20B5012d) with ST3 Build 3210. I don’t think I noticed this issue when I was using Catalina, but I’ve been Beta testing Big Sur for a bit; perhaps an OS update that’s seen in both the latest version of Catalina and Big Sur might be causing this?
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shashank
#4
BTW, since pressing Tab cycles through the various fields in the Save dialog, I noticed that I can get the file name in focus by pressing Tab five times.
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bschaaf
#5
We just use the default NSSavePanel, which doesn’t have any direct way of configuring the focus. If this is something that’s changed in Big Sur my suggestion would be to file a bug with Apple.
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bakert
#6
Big Sur is now out in the wild and this problem persists. It is in some way Sublime-specific. If I open a new file in TextEdit and hit Cmd-S the filename is highlighted in the resultant dialog. In Sublime 3.2.2, Build 3211 “nothing” has the focus and I need to press Tab four times to get to the filename dialog. (Three times if I turn off “Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls” in Keyboard.prefPane.) Shift-Tab once from the initial state takes me to the Save button.
Steps to reproduce:
- Open Sublime Text 3.2.2, Build 3211 on macOS Big Sur 11.0.1
- File, New File (Cmd-N)
- File, Save (Cmd-S)
Expected:
- Filename will be highlighted and in focus. Typing will overwrite default filename.
Actual:
- Nothing appears to be in focus. Pressing Tab several times is required to get the filename in focus.
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bschaaf
#7
I’ve moved this to an issue on our issue tracker: https://github.com/sublimehq/sublime_text/issues/3802
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