Re: gtk_file_chooser_unselect_all w/directory choosers

[Ken Siersma <siersmak ekkinc com>]

Ken Siersma wrote:

> I'm using GtkFileChooser with GtkFileChooserAction == 
> GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER so that the user can choose a 
> directory. 
> I'm using gtk_file_chooser_unselect_all in case there are any 
> directories in the CWD.  That way, if the user hits OK as soon as the 
> chooser is opened, then the directory the app selects is the CWD.  
> This worked well in GTK 2.4.9 (SuSE 9.2), and behaves as the user 
> expects.
>
> Now, with GTK 2.6.4 (SUSE 9.3) and GTK 2.8.3, (SUSE 10.0) the 
> gtk_file_chooser_unselect_all call does nothing.  When the directory 
> chooser is opened up, the first directory in the list is chosen.  So, 
> if the user hits OK right away, the directory they get is CWD/DIR1, 
> where DIR1 is the first directory in the list.  So now, if the user 
> wants the CWD to be the working directory, they have to move up one 
> directory and then select the directory they want, which is a bit of a 
> nuisance.
> Was this change intentional?   Seems hard to believe that it was.
>
> ds = gtk_file_chooser_dialog_new(title, GTK_WINDOW(toplevel), 
> GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER, NULL);
> gtk_file_chooser_unselect_all(GTK_FILE_CHOOSER(ds));
> gtk_widget_show(ds);
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
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Apologies... I remembered this problem wrong.  GTK 2.8.3 on SUSE 10.0 
does not exhibit the undesired behavior, i.e. 
gtk_file_chooser_unselect_all works fine there.