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Bug 135901 - Save dialog should have a drop-down for file types
Save dialog should have a drop-down for file types
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 440431
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkFileChooser
2.3.x
Other All
: Normal normal
: Medium API
Assigned To: gtk-bugs
Federico Mena Quintero
: 328092 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-03-02 00:51 UTC by Federico Mena Quintero
Modified: 2008-07-29 16:00 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
"Save As" dialog with expanded folder browser - FileType chooser is hard to find :( (72.14 KB, image/png)
2006-11-23 12:11 UTC, Mantas Kriaučiūnas
Details

Description Federico Mena Quintero 2004-03-02 00:51:13 UTC
See the "Save As Dialog" section of this document:
  http://www.gnome.org/~seth/filechooser-spec/

We should have a nice drop-down with icons with the available file types
for saving.  The discussion of the API starts here:
  http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2004-February/msg00158.html
Comment 1 Antonio Ognio 2004-08-12 16:47:31 UTC
The new URL for the Filechooser Specs is this:

http://www.gnome.org/~seth/designs/filechooser-spec/

Thanks Google for making our lives easier.
Comment 2 Michael Meeks 2004-08-26 16:58:13 UTC
For 'SaveAs' can we not just pull the filter selection outside the expandable
region ? otherwise we're going to need to add another (identical) custom filter
selection combo in OO.o
Comment 3 Federico Mena Quintero 2004-10-14 22:18:48 UTC
No, they are not the same.  The filter menu may have "All images" among its
items, which is not a single file type.
Comment 4 Michael Meeks 2005-05-03 15:40:08 UTC
Something like this is also necessary for the Open dialog in all manner of cases.

It's particularly missing in OO.o where we wish to load eg. /tmp/fnurgh.doc as a
CSV file in the spreadsheet [ something that happens quite often ] of course,
the .doc filter will only show '.doc' files; making it impossible to select this
file & adjust the filter combo to set it's type.
Comment 5 Federico Mena Quintero 2006-04-13 02:10:53 UTC
Ping?  Can we get an API proposal for this?
Comment 6 Mantas Kriaučiūnas 2006-11-23 12:01:12 UTC
Just for reminding about usability of filetype dropdown field in "Save As" dialog - now selected folder field and "Browse for other folders" control item is between filetype, encoding and other fields. Because of this users often don't notice "Browse for other folders" item or, when folder browser is expanded, don't notice filetype, encoding and other fields.
Look for example current GIMP "Save As" dialog with expanded folder browser, I'm attaching it to this bugreport

In screenshot bellow filetype dropdown field is near the filename and this is more usable, because file type is related to file extension in majority of cases:

 http://www.gnome.org/~seth/designs/filechooser-spec/save-as.png
Comment 7 Mantas Kriaučiūnas 2006-11-23 12:11:05 UTC
Created attachment 77056 [details]
"Save As" dialog with expanded folder browser - FileType chooser is hard to find :(
Comment 8 Jody Goldberg 2006-11-23 14:39:29 UTC
As a minor note.  Please recall that there can be large numbers of file types.  Some of which are related.  A single drop down is not sufficient.  It would be good to have the potential for a menu, and for 'recently used' types to be put at the top.

eg
-> OpenOffice 2.0 (ODF 1.0)
-> Gnumeric
-------------
-> MS Excel
  -> XL 95
  -> XL 97/2k/xp/2003
  -> XL 2007 (Office Open)
-> DIF
-> HTML
  -> fragment
  -> document
-> Open Office
  -> Open Office 1.x (SXC)
  -> Open Office 2.0 (ODF 1.0)
  -> Open Office 2.1 (ODF 1.1)
.   
.
.
      
Comment 9 Christoffer Sørensen 2006-11-30 17:26:53 UTC
Currently a list is expanded so the dialog becomes very big. Does this bug deal with the widget type?

A combo box should be used, IMHO, otherwise the dialog becomes very big.
Comment 10 Federico Mena Quintero 2007-01-25 17:11:41 UTC
*** Bug 328092 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11 Mathias Hasselmann (IRC: tbf) 2007-05-31 09:17:19 UTC
See also: 440431
Comment 12 Federico Mena Quintero 2008-07-29 16:00:13 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 440431 ***