Re: FileChooser's path bar and re-rooting

[Joel Becker <jlbec evilplan org>]

On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 12:56:04AM -0500, muppet wrote:
> executive summary:  i think the pathbar rerooting change should be 
> reverted.  explanation and rationale first, proposal at the bottom.

	Amen, brother.

> /me dons asbestos underwear

	No need.  This is 100% correct.  The shortcuts are there to be
shortcuts.  If you want to show "Home" as the start of the pathbar,
maybe scroll the parents of "Home" off to the left, but don't remove the
context.  Rerooting violates KISS, PoLS, and sanity.

Joel

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