Re: 2.4: How to specify directory in fileselectbox

[Petri Kanerva <petri kanerva surfeu fi>]

On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 15:18, Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
> i upgraded from 1.4 to 2.4 and i am still a bit unhappy with the 
> fileselect box (maybe i am missing something :-))
> 
> For example, if i want to open a file with gedit, which is on an 
> automounted directory, i cannot browse the directory.
> There is no way to type the directory name and hit a "filter" button to 
> view the contents.
> Also, sometimes it's just easier to type the directory name (maybe even 
> with cut/paste form a different window) than to click may way through 
> the directory tree.
> 
> Other fileselect boxes (motif, amaya, ... ) have a "filter" button.
> 
> I just can't imagine that the Gnome fileselect box is that limited in 
> functionality. Am i missing something?

Well, you can type the first letter of the dir to the fileselector and
hit TAB, just like with commanline. Then if the dir is the only thing
starting with that letter it changes to that dir, otherwise it shows
only the dirs/files starting with that letter. You can type as much as
you want before hitting enter. I use this much more than clicking with
the mouse.

 Petri


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