GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 162385
Save dialog reappear as last used
Last modified: 2008-01-15 12:43:47 UTC
When I save a file, a dialog appears which allows me to type out the name for the file, and has the destination directory for the file preselected as being home. The old dialog (gimp 2.0) would have the last used destination directory listed as the default destination directory for this new file. I can add this directory to the list of possible default directories, but once that's done it's still 2 more mouse clicks before it's selected. Second, I work with groups of files, all consecutively named. The easiest way to get the correct filename is to select a previously saved file and change a number in the filename. The new dialog allows this, but you always need to open up the (mis-named) 'Browse for other folders' option to get to the names of the file already in the directory. Would it be at all possible for the save dialog to appear as you left it when you last saved a file?
*** Bug 163127 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The same is true for the open dialog. Setting Milestone to 2.2 because this is a usability regression compared to 2.0.
Fixed in CVS (both branches): 2005-01-13 Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org> Made the file open and save dialogs use the last used folder instead of defaulting to current directory. Fixes bug #162385. * app/widgets/gimpfiledialog.[ch] (gimp_file_dialog_set_uri): removed this function because it had no functionality except creating usability problems. * app/actions/file-commands.c: use gtk_file_chooser_set_uri() instead but *only* if we already have an uri from an alread open image or the document hinstory. * app/widgets/gimpfiledialog.c (gimp_file_dialog_set_image): set the file chooser's uri only if we have an uri from the image itself. Leave the current folder untouched otherwise and just set the current name (e.g. "Untitled"). * app/dialogs/file-save-dialog.c (file_save_dialog_save_image): on successful save, remember the used uri by attaching it to the "gimp" instance. (file_save_dialog_new): set the last saved uri's folder on the newly created file save dialog.
In 2.2.6, the Save Image dialog state is forgotten when a new image is opened. I, like I think the original reporter, would prefer it if the "Browse for other folders" state of the dialog always remained in the state it was when the dialog was last used. Personally, I would also like it if there were some way to have the Save Image dialog always open with a certain destination directory selected. In my work flow, I open each image in one directory, and then save the edited image in another, with consecutive numbering. Currently, saving every image requires - Clicking on Browser for other folders - Selecting as the destination folder one I have added to my favorites - Clicking on the file name with the highest number - Increasing the number in the file name by one The first two steps could be eliminated by making the changes suggested above.
Samuli, you can easily remove the two steps yourself by starting gimp with the destination folder as working directory. This bug-report is FIXED. Please do not add any further comments to it.