Pressing space over a application in Add/Remove Applications doesn't select it immediately

Hi,

this isn't a bug in firefox, because the dialog you see is provided by gnome-app-install. I reassign this bug now. Please follow up when the gnome-app-install developers have any further questions.

Thanks for your contribution,

 - Alexander

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

Yes, the issue is still present in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) version. Updated instructions to reproduce the issue are given below.

How to reproduce:
1. Go to Applications -> Add Remove...
2. Click on any of the Applications shown in top-right panels with the mouse(click away from the check-box. Just select the application to see its details and make sure it is highlighted and not to tick-mark its checkbox).
3. Now press space bar on the keyboard and wait for a while without giving any input(keyboard or mouse). The check-box will not be shown to have tick-mark.
4. Now press the down arrow key. The application that was highlighted earlier will now have its checkbox showing the tick-mark.

Same thing happens when de-selecting a selected application.

I can post a small screencast to demonstrate more clearly if it is needed.

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

This package has been removed from Ubuntu. Closing all related bugs.