Re: file chooser: known bug?

[Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu>]

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote:

> On 08/27/2009 03:36 PM, Allin Cottrell wrote:
> > I wonder if this is a known bug or if I should report it? I use
> > gtk_file_chooser_dialog_new() with an action of
> > GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER, and I pre-select the
> > directory that I think will most likely be wanted, using
> > gtk_file_chooser_set_filename().
> >
> > If the user clicks OK without making any change in the selector,
> > the response is "The folder could not be created.  Error creating
> > directory: File exists" (but nobody asked the file selector to
> > create a folder!).  If you click a different folder then click
> > back on the default one and do "OK" again, it works correctly,
> > i.e. selects the pre-existing folder.
> >
> > Is there any workaround for this?
>
> Might be http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557689

Thanks for the suggestion.  It looks to be related, but not the
same so far as I can see.  I've now filed bug 593385.

Allin Cottrell