Re: [Usability] The new file chooser

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 19:44 +0200, markus hammer wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 12:16 -0400, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 17:47 +0200, rkaa netcom no wrote:
> > > 
> > > Not good enough. I have serialized filenames. I want to open the "next" file
> > > sometimes. It is one letter or digit off from the filename of a file i
> > > previously pasted. So I want to paste the filename and edit the one
> > > letter/digit and then click "open". I can't do that now. Major drawback.
> > > 
> > 
> > When you paste, the chooser would jump to what was pasted, and ctrl+L
> > would open containing what was pasted.
> > 
> > "next" file would normally just mean pressing down arrow due to sort
> > order, so a typical sequence would be ctrl+o to open, ctrl+v to paste
> > filename, down arrow, Enter.
> > 
> > Havoc
> 
> may i ask out of curiosity why there is no text-entry widget? is there a
> discussion in distant times that decided this? or is it written in
> stone. 

Because the entry widget is not useful for selecting files.

> in fact, serialized filenames are not a uncommon thing. on the office
> desktop. in print production, in audio production, in allmost anything
> but ... programming.  (i hope you get that hint)

I don't get it.

> the lack of a text entry widget makes a filechooser gently put a stone
> in the way in that scenario. 

What scenario?

> you should regard as well, that the Ctrl+L shortcut is not documented to
> date, as well as lacking any UI widget to be triggered.

That's fair enough, and it's already been discussed.
Feel free to file a bug saying that the Ctrl+L shortcut can't be
discovered easily.

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Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>