Re: 2.4: How to specify directory in fileselectbox

[Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn ant uni-bremen de>]

Petri Kanerva wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 15:18, Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
>
> > i upgraded from 1.4 to 2.4 and i am still a bit unhappy with the 
> > fileselect box (maybe i am missing something :-))
> >
> > For example, if i want to open a file with gedit, which is on an 
> > automounted directory, i cannot browse the directory.
> > There is no way to type the directory name and hit a "filter" button to 
> > view the contents.
> > Also, sometimes it's just easier to type the directory name (maybe even 
> > with cut/paste form a different window) than to click may way through 
> > the directory tree.
> >
> > Other fileselect boxes (motif, amaya, ... ) have a "filter" button.
> >
> > I just can't imagine that the Gnome fileselect box is that limited in 
> > functionality. Am i missing something?
>
>
> Well, you can type the first letter of the dir to the fileselector and
> hit TAB, just like with commanline. Then if the dir is the only thing
> starting with that letter it changes to that dir, otherwise it shows
> only the dirs/files starting with that letter. You can type as much as
> you want before hitting enter. I use this much more than clicking with
> the mouse.
>
>  Petri
Yes, but how about dirs that do not yet exist because the automounter 
has not yet mounted them?

Heinrich