Re: The GTK+ file chooser

[Morten Welinder <mortenw gnome org>]

> What you are showing there are applications using the file-chooser
> incorrectly. In particular they don't set the window size large enough
> (or they forget to remember the user-chosen size).

Add a preview: no space left for files.
Add a filter: no space left for files.
Add file format selector: no space left for files.

Solution?  Blame the applications.

Fixing the size-request method is only the beginning.  Right
now anything you add canibalizes internal space instead of
requesting more.  Fixing that is a start, but then you would
quickly end up with a dialog bigger than the screen.

"Places" is wasting acres of real estate right now and it cannot
even be squeezed: side divider can extend it, but not shrink it.

Morten