Re: Print Dialog / Improving "Print to file" option

[Lanoxx <lanoxx gmx net>]

Ok I found it, the code which I am talking about is in [1]:

In line 818 (see grep [3]):

    case GTK_PRINTER_OPTION_TYPE_FILESAVE:

and in line 828:

        priv->combo = gtk_file_chooser_button_new (_("Select a folder"),
                                                   GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER);

and in line 835 following:

        label = gtk_label_new_with_mnemonic (_("_Name:"));
        gtk_widget_set_halign (label, GTK_ALIGN_START);
        gtk_widget_set_valign (label, GTK_ALIGN_CENTER);
        gtk_label_set_mnemonic_widget (GTK_LABEL (label), priv->entry);

        gtk_grid_attach (GTK_GRID (priv->filechooser), label, 0, 0, 1, 1);
        gtk_grid_attach (GTK_GRID (priv->filechooser), priv->entry, 1, 0, 1, 1);

        label = gtk_label_new_with_mnemonic (_("_Save in folder:"));
        gtk_widget_set_halign (label, GTK_ALIGN_START);
        gtk_widget_set_valign (label, GTK_ALIGN_CENTER);
        gtk_label_set_mnemonic_widget (GTK_LABEL (label), priv->combo);

The config option seems to be activated in [2]:

  option = gtk_printer_option_new ("gtk-main-page-custom-input", _("File"),
				   GTK_PRINTER_OPTION_TYPE_FILESAVE);

So I believe it would be enough to change the gtkprinteroptionwidget.c at line 828 following to GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN, and instead of creating the two widgets (entry and filechooser), we could just use the file choose. Of course the callback

filesave_changed_cb

would need to be modified too.

Does anyone like my proposal?

Regards
Lanoxx

[1] http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/tree/gtk/gtkprinteroptionwidget.c
[2] http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/tree/modules/printbackends/file/gtkprintbackendfile.c
[3] grep -rn GTK_PRINTER_OPTION_TYPE_FILESAVE *
      gtk/gtkprinteroption.h:54:  GTK_PRINTER_OPTION_TYPE_FILESAVE,
      gtk/gtkprinteroptionwidget.c:818:    case GTK_PRINTER_OPTION_TYPE_FILESAVE:
      gtk/gtkprinteroptionwidget.c:928:    case GTK_PRINTER_OPTION_TYPE_FILESAVE:
      gtk/gtkprintunixdialog.c:531:                  option->type == GTK_PRINTER_OPTION_TYPE_FILESAVE)
      modules/printbackends/file/gtkprintbackendfile.c:720:                   GTK_PRINTER_OPTION_TYPE_FILESAVE);

On 15/08/12 22:38, Lanoxx wrote:

On 15/08/12 20:27, Javier Jardón wrote:

On 15 August 2012 23:08, Lanoxx <lanoxx gmx net> wrote:

Hi,

Hello,

Then the filename says output.pdf which any sane person will probably want
to change. So I have to type the file name and then also add .pdf again and
finally I can click "Print".

FYI, There is a GnomeGoal proposed related to this [1]

[1] https://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/PrintToFile

Thats a great goal, and should definitely be implemented. But still it does not solve the actual problem which I described. I also looked here:
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/tree/modules/printbackends/file/gtkprintbackendfile.c
but I can't find any GtkWidget being created, so I guess thats not it.

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