Re: file open dialog with file name entry

["David Necas (Yeti)" <yeti physics muni cz>]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 08:37:37PM +0200, Sven Neumann wrote:
> 
> Adding an entry to the GtkFileChooser widget would completely ruin
> keyboard navigation.

In what way?  Typing in the entry would move selection to
matching entry in file list like it does in
GtkFileChooserDefault -- except one could see what one
types, unlike in GtkFileChooserDefault.  And pressing up and
down arrow in the entry could move selection up and down --
I've seen a file open dialog that worked like that and it
was quite convenient to use with keyboard.  There would be
a clash with completion of course, as one can't use arrows
for completion and moving around at the same time.  And to
make multiple selection with keyboard one would have to
actually move focus to the list.  But it doesn't sound quite
like `ruin' to me.  Has anyone tried it and failed fatally?

Yeti


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