Add the stupid blog post about Ctrl+L

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+layout: post
+title: "Navigating Linux/BSD in the newer Open File dialog"
+tags:
+- linux
+---
+
+With the latest (quantum!) releases of Firefox, a number of things changed for
+the better but one of the few things that seemed to get _worse_ was the Open
+File dialog. I tend to use the dialog quite frequently to open up HTML generated reports from test and coverage tooling, and with the newer Firefox versions I had become very frustrated with the mouse-heavy requirements to use the dialog.
+
+![Open File Dialog Search](/images/post-images/open-file-dialog/open-file-search.png)
+
+I have since learned that this is a Gtk+ 3.x dialog, which is changed the
+default behavior for handling key strokes to use **search** rather than
+entering in of a path. 
+
+I abhor using the trackpad on my laptop, which makes me feel like an old
+"hunt-and-peck" typist, and instead rely on a number of keyboard-heavy tools to
+navigate quickly and efficiently around web pages, terminals, and editors.
+
+While waiting for a build to complete earlier today, I was frustrated enough to scour the internet for a potential solution and happened upon [this blog post](https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-enter-file-location-manually-in-gtk-3-opensave-dialog) which contained a suitable workaround!
+
+**Ctrl+L** in the Open File dialog will display a text field where the surly
+keyboard-heavy user can simply type in a relative, or absolute, path followed
+by _Enter_ and navigate immediately to that directory or file.
+
+![Open File Dialog Search](/images/post-images/open-file-dialog/open-file-direct-navigate.png)
+
+
+Much better!