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Bug 101684 - background properties doesn't allow new directory path in file selection dialog
background properties doesn't allow new directory path in file selection dialog
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Background
2.2.x
Other other
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-12-20 14:26 UTC by Andrew Sobala
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Proposed patch for the above problem (1.72 KB, patch)
2003-08-25 14:02 UTC, Muktha 		none Details | Review

Description Andrew Sobala 2002-12-20 14:26:48 UTC 
From: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=73540

Description of Problem:

When "~" is entered as a file name it says that file /homedirectorypath
can not be opened instead of changing to home directory as one would
expect.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

gtk2-2.0.6-8

How Reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install null, run up2date
2. login to default GNOME desktop
3. right click on the desktop, select last item (change background)
4. click on top left button to select new image. this brings file selection
dialog.
5. enter "~" (no quotes) in file selection dialog (or enter any valid directory
path, for example "/tmp")


Actual Results:

error message appears.

Expected Results:

current selected directory changes to $HOME (or /tmp)
Comment 1 Andrew Sobala 2002-12-20 14:27:22 UTC 
Leaving as p=normal since a Gtk 2.4 file selector will fix this
Comment 2 Andrew Sobala 2003-02-13 18:26:16 UTC 
Actually, this should not be happening since it doesn't happen in any
other application.
Comment 3 Kjartan Maraas 2003-07-04 06:12:10 UTC 
I get an error when doing this in epiphany also.
Comment 4 Muktha 2003-08-25 14:02:48 UTC 
Created attachment 19488 [details] [review]
Proposed patch for the above problem
Comment 5 Kjartan Maraas 2003-09-02 21:19:47 UTC 
Adding keyword.
Comment 6 Rodney Dawes 2004-01-14 04:29:44 UTC 
Shouldn't this be re-assigned to gtk+? It's a bug in GtkFileSelector.
Comment 7 Andrew Sobala 2004-01-14 10:57:39 UTC 
Hmm, the patch is against control-center. Feel free to reassign if
that's wrong.
Comment 8 Rodney Dawes 2004-03-11 13:05:58 UTC 
I'm just going to mark this as fixed, since the capplet uses
GtkFileChooser now, which I believe handles this. If it still does not
work, please re-open and move to GTK+.