Re: Select root folder in GtkfileChooser

[Pierre Wieser <pwieser trychlos org>]

----- "Ardhan Madras" <ajhwb knac com> wrote:

> Hi,
>     I got similar issues when running your codes, also i was trying to
> produce this 'error' by selecting 'Choose Download Folder:' in Mozilla
> Firefox's preferences. My system version:
>
> [thinkpad thinkpad gtk+]$ pkg-config --modversion gtk+-2.0 glib-2.0
> 2.18.9
> 2.22.5
>
> If you try more than a slash like '//' or '///' it's works, it's
> perfectly legal for naming '///' as root dir. ;p
>
>           Ardhan
>
> --- pwieser trychlos org wrote:
>
> From: Pierre Wieser <pwieser trychlos org>
> To: gtk-app-devel-list  <gtk-app-devel-list gnome org>
> Subject: Select root folder in GtkfileChooser
> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:41:52 +0200 (CEST)
>
> Hi
>
> In Nautilus-Actions, I need to let my users select folders, including
> root folder ('/').
>
> In a GtkFileChooserDialog, there is obviously no way to select the
> root
> folder by clicking on it, because it has no parent.
>
> But when I enter "/" in the location entry, and click on Open button,
> I get the message:
> "The folder could not be created
>  Error creating directory: File exists."
>
> Sample code to reproduce this is below:
>
>       GtkWidget *dialog;
>       gchar *path;
>
>       dialog = gtk_file_chooser_dialog_new( _( "Select a folder" ),
>                       NULL,
>                       GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER,
>                       GTK_STOCK_CANCEL, GTK_RESPONSE_CANCEL,
>                       GTK_STOCK_OPEN, GTK_RESPONSE_ACCEPT,
>                       NULL );
>
>       gtk_file_chooser_set_filename( GTK_FILE_CHOOSER( dialog ), "/" );
>
>       if( gtk_dialog_run( GTK_DIALOG( dialog )) == GTK_RESPONSE_ACCEPT ){
>               path = gtk_file_chooser_get_filename( GTK_FILE_CHOOSER( dialog ));
>               g_debug( "nact_ifolders_tab_on_add_folder_clicked: path=%s", path
> );
>               g_free( path );
>       }
>
>       gtk_widget_destroy( dialog );
>
> Is this a bug (and so I should open it Bugzilla) ?
> Or is there something missing in my code ?

Well, one cannot really wait for the user enter '//' or even '///' when 
he just wants '/'.

I must admit that I hoped that my code was not right...

I am going to wait one or two days to see if one of Gtk maintainers has
an opinion about this issue. And I'll open this in Bugzilla.

Regards
Pierre