Re: FileChooser: Change current path/file listing to directory typed into Location:

[Toralf Lund <toralf procaptura com>]

Toralf Lund wrote:
> Maybe a stupid question, but:
>
> A few Gtk revisions ago, I was pleased to find that the FileChooser was 
> updated so that it would allow me to type in filenames by hand with 
> auto-completion and all, into a "Location:" entry in the actual 
> selection window (once it's enabled.) Like I said, rather nice in some 
> cases, but what if you want to type in just a part of the path and go 
> from there using point + click? I mean, is there a way to get the path 
> (as displayed in the button row on the top) for the selectable files?
Whoops. The above sentence should actually read:

   Is there a way to set the path for the selectable files to the one 
entered into the "Location:" field?

But maybe you figured that out already...
>  I 
> can't just type, then press Enter, since that will actually trigger the 
> Open action, which is not what I want. Or actually, I may change this 
> behaviour in my own program, but is there some sort of built-in 
> behaviour I can use instead?
>
> - Toralf
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