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Bug 333623 - No command line in file selector dialog
No command line in file selector dialog
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 136541
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkFileChooser
unspecified
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
Federico Mena Quintero
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-03-06 15:17 UTC by Alanna Roe
Modified: 2006-03-06 19:09 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Alanna Roe 2006-03-06 15:17:56 UTC 
Using the file selector dialog in Gnome2, i spend a large amount of
time having to click my way through the filesystem (and waiting for it
to stat large directories) to select a file. In Gnome1 and pretty much
everything else, the file selector has a commandline where i can just
TYPE the path and filename to select something, and doing so takes me a
small fraction of the time it takes to clicky-clicky through multiple
levels. I'm sorry, but this is just poor UI and it's very frustrating.

Changing /desktop/gnome/interface/file_chooser_backend to "gtk+" in
gconf-editor doesn't help.



Other information:
Comment 1 James Henstridge 2006-03-06 15:29:30 UTC 
Reassigning to GTK, since it is a filesel gripe.

Note that you should be able to type filenames directly to select them in the list, or use ctrl+L to enter an arbitrary path.

The backend selection has no visible effect because it just changes the backend -- not the frontend UI.
Comment 2 Matthias Clasen 2006-03-06 15:37:33 UTC 
I'm too lazy to look up the duplicate for you. We have plenty of bugs for 
everybodys favourite file chooser complaint.
Comment 3 Federico Mena Quintero 2006-03-06 19:09:13 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 136541 ***