GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 422100
when I select an file I should have an open by default with this app checkbox
Last modified: 2011-09-22 04:17:50 UTC
when I want to open an file type with another app from now on I just want to select "use this app as default" when I select an application from the open with list.
Created attachment 85713 [details] how it would look like
Created attachment 85714 [details] [review] you can make an app the default mime handler when selecting
Nifty! Three points: 1. If this checkbox is necessary at all, then why does the label at the beginning already say "and other files of type"? That's not true. It should just be "Open %filename with:" 2. "Set as default application" isn't obviously useful to humans. Instead try "Always open %type files with %application", with the label updating whenever the application choice changes. 3. Either the checkbox should be enabled only when an item is selected from the list, or (probably easier) the list should always have one item selected, rather than zero.
3. I think selecting one item is dangerous. When the user clicks ok by mistake...
eel as a standalone product is no longer maintained. However, large parts of eel was imported into the eel sub directory in nautilus. Can you please check again whether this issue still happens in nautilus 3.0.2 or upcoming nautilus 3.2.0 and update this report by adding a comment so that the bug can be reassigned to nautilus if it's still valid.
Obsolete with GtkAppChooser.