Re: [HIG] Save window and user interaction

[Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>]

As far as I know, the disappearing file name behavior is recognized
as a bug and has been fixed in Gtk2.

Cheers,
Greg Merchan

On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 02:37:00PM -0700, Seth Nickell wrote:
> Yes, I think this is a case where save and open dialogues should be
> different. I think the way Mozilla handles this right now is pretty
> good.
> 
> -Seth
> 
> On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 02:37, Rod Farmer wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > 	I've come across an anomaly between Mozilla and Galeon running under
> > Gnome 1.4 (which isn't in the Gnome 2 HIG, as far as I can tell).
> > 
> > During a save operation, the default file name to be used is that supplied
> > by the remove environment. The default directory is the last visited 
> > directory. However, you will find that if you click on any part of the window
> > containing some functional widget - such as a folder icon, the file name
> > disappears. IE [filetest.pdf] (click on DOwnload folder) [   ]  and you
> > have to give a new name.
> > 
> > I've looked in the guide and can't find any guideline as to indicate what
> > should happen to file names in save windows.
> > 
> > My feeling is that the name should remain the same, and that it can only 
> > be modified by direct user keyboard interaction. THat way, changing directories
> > doesn't create a problem, neither does accidentally clicking on another file
> > in the file chooser menu.
> > 
> > Your thoughts??
> > 
> > 
> > Rod
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