Re: File dialogs: File management

[Fabrice Colin <fabrice colin muscat com>]

colin z robertson wrote:
> 
> File management capabilities:
> What file management capabilities should the dialog have?
> 
I would go for Rename, Delete and Create Directory.

> One the one hand it is desirable that the dialog should contain as
> little clutter as possible. The dialogs are for the purposes of
> selecting files only. Distracting the user from that task is not a
> good thing.
> 
> On the other hand opening and saving often necessitates some
> reorganisation of the existing files. Forcing the user to open up a
> file manager in order to do so is inconvenient.
Agreed. What about right clicking on the files list to open
a contextual menu ?
Ideally, file renaming and directory creation wouldn't popup
a dialog box to prompt for a name, but the user would be
given the possibility to directly edit the field in the
list.

Fabrice