Re: [Usability] The new file chooser

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 23:34 +0200, rkaa netcom no wrote:
> Sitat Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>:
> 
> 
> > Because the entry widget is not useful for selecting files.
> 
> It is useful indeed, to paste filepaths/names into. And also to pick them up
> from. Say I click-maneuvre my way to a file I want the name and location of,
> but can't quite remember. I find it - then I want to paste the full path and
> name into a mail.
> 
> With the old file-chooser, once the file is located, I click the file icon,
> double-click in the text-widget to place the text there on clipboard, then
> middle-click in a mail, a chat or whatever, to paste it.
> 
> "Hi - the setting you want is in
> /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/resolv.conf"

That's utter rubbish. You actually want a "Copy Location" menu item,
you're asking for the text entry widget back.

> I don't want to risk to make a typo, and it's much quicker to copy it than to
> type it. Can it be done as easy with tne new filepicker?

Yes, ask for a "Copy Location" contextual menu item.

And, please, pretty please, tell us what the problems you're
encountering are, rather than naively thinking that bringing back
whatever widget into the dialog window is going to fix your problem.

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Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>