On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 17:17 +0200, Leif wrote:
> It seams like many softwares have removed the entry where you could
> input a file name (including path) via the keyboard from their save and
> load dialogs. Gimp and Glade are just two examples.
>
> For those happy mouse users out there that might lead to less confusion.
> However for keyboard users (like me) that is a big disappointment, that
> you MUST use the mouse to browse to file far a way. Now, in glade for
> example, you cant even press a key to jump to the first file that begins
> with that letter.
>
> I can't understand how it is possible to remove the file name entry, if
> you care about usability. But I might have missed something.
This has been discussed *excessively* so feel free to read the archive.
The keyboard navigation for the file chooser is documented in the
READMEE: with GTK+ 2.4 press control-l to get a completing entry box you
can type into, with GTK+ 2.6 you can just type to select files.
Ross
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