Re: [Usability] Re: Suggestion for the actual UI of GTK+'s New FileSelector

[iain <iain prettypeople org>]

On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 18:00 +0100, Uno Engborg wrote:

> >Again, I have to say - *WHY* is there a New Folder button in an Open
> >dialog?  Why isn't anyone looking into dialogs dedicated to something
> >besides Opening files?  The dialogs and features necessary to Select
> >Folders or Save Files should be different to reflect the fact they are
> >different operations and have different needs.
> >
> >Seriously, if you're opening a file, what in the name of goodness do you
> >need a New Folder button for?  ;-)

When you create  file chooser you have to specify the mode in which you
want the file chooser to be. Currently those modes are
GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN and GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE.
Would it be worthwhile adding a GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_FOLDER so that
you can then only select folders, or create them. It would only be in
this mode that the "New Folder" button is present.

I think that selecting a folder is a common enough operation that it
could warrent a new mode of operation, but we're past API freeze, so I
wish I'd thought of it sooner (or is GTK still slushy frozen?).

Any comments?
iain
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