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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by viraptor on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:42PM (#25720985)
That Mac cannot multithread the UI interactions. It doesn't have to be a keystroke processing issue. It can be "hey window parent, I've got your result in my properties, pick it up" which doesn't get processed before the next event changes the related property.

It's almost a classic TOCTOU issue.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by edoceo on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:55PM (#25721886)
Time of check, Time of Use

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-of-check_to_time-of-use

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