I'm using Lubuntu 18.04, geany 1.32. When saving a new file, this window appears (the screenshot is cropped): ![2018-07-26-230714_887x496_scrot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3192173/43288779-386ae8f2-9129-11e...) If I click on save now, the file is saved in this folder.
However, if I click on the white background (or somewhere similar), the first folder is automatically selected. (Nothing happens if there are only files but no folder) I can not unselect the folder, I can only select a file instead, but then my target filename is changed to this file's name. ![2018-07-26-230716_887x496_scrot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3192173/43288782-3b7072f6-9129-11e...) If I click on Save and the folder is selected, instead of saving the file in the current folder, the selected folder is opened: ![2018-07-26-230720_887x496_scrot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3192173/43288790-3ec378ae-9129-11e...)
So if I want to save a file in a folder which contains a folder, I somehow need to take care to not accidentally click there. I have this problem not only with geany but also with other programs, e.g. firefox.
The file dialogs are the standard GTK dialogs and the way they operate is determined by the GTK toolkit. Thats why other applications act the same.
If you build Geany from source by default you will get usable dialogs since it will link to GTK+2 which has a much better user experience in the various dialogs (file, colors, fonts, etc).
Closing since this a GTK+ and/or packaging issue.
Closed #1906.
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