Re: disable FileChooser elements?

[Doug Vetter <doug packetstorm com>]

Owen Taylor wrote:
> Because people were accessing elements of GtkFileSelection directly
> and making assumptions about what they did and how they related,
> we were stuck with a widget we couldn't change at all.
>
> With GtkFileChooser, we intentionally made it completely opaque with
> customization only through the API. If you think you have a legitimate
> use case that isn't handled by the current API, file a bug, and
> hopefully we can add support in the next iteration.
>
> Regards,
>                                         Owen

I looked over the code a bit more and that's what I feared.  I'll be the 
first to admit that people shouldn't grab "private" pointers willy 
nilly, but this is a toolkit after all.  It should facilitiate 
development -- not impede it.

I can't be the only person who wants to customize the appearance and 
features of the file open / save dialog.  I guess I'm faced with two 
choices now -- keep the old GtkFileSelection that does what I want or 
try to learn the internals of GTK in record time and create the 
necessary hide/show methods for the appropriate widgets.  Something 
tells me I'll be more successful doing the former, but if I have time 
I'll try the latter.

Thanks for your response.

-Doug