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Bug 149275 - "Open with" dialog should have list of known applications
"Open with" dialog should have list of known applications
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
2.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
: ---
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 154783 163978 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-08-04 11:31 UTC by Matthias Warkus
Modified: 2005-01-25 16:13 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Matthias Warkus 2004-08-04 11:31:18 UTC 
Nautilus' "Open with" dialog is a lot like the main-menu "Run" dialog, with the
exception that it doesn't feature the collapsible list of known applications in
the latter.
This has been mentioned as several times in discussions of the new Nautilus MIME
system. For the sake of consistency and easier application discovery, that list
should be added to the "Open with" dialog, too. After all, it takes a seasoned
user to know all the different /bin locations to look in when searching for an
application with a simple file browser, and binary names are often completely
nonobvious.
Comment 1 eagsalazar 2004-08-04 17:38:38 UTC 
Also, there should be two additional checkboxes when selecting the "other
application"

1) for "always open this type with this application"
2) for "always open only this file with this application"

Users should not need to reselect the application every time unless they somehow
know to look in properties to set it.  Even if they know how to set the options
in the properties dialog, they should be able to do it at the time of selecting
the "other app" since that is more discoverable and requires many fewer clicks.
Comment 2 Vincent Noel 2004-10-01 14:24:10 UTC 
Actually right now when you enter an application in the "Open with" dialog, this
application is added to the list of Open With applications and selected as the
new default. I'm not sure this is a sensible solution - my feeling is that when
you need to add the application by hand you're not gonna use it very often.
Comment 3 Matthew Gatto 2004-10-20 12:21:25 UTC 
*** Bug 154783 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Matthew Gatto 2004-10-20 12:22:30 UTC 
*** Bug 43564 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Vincent Noel 2005-01-14 16:50:57 UTC 
*** Bug 163978 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Vincent Noel 2005-01-25 16:13:49 UTC 
The "Open With" dialog now shows the list of known applications. Closing the bug.