GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 305079
It is impossible to access an automounted directory in the file selector
Last modified: 2005-05-25 01:28:41 UTC
It should be possible to type manually the name of a directory upon request. Presently, if the directory is not already mounted (or has been mounted by automatically unmounted) there is no way to access the directory. I know that symlinks can be created to this effect, but I'm thinking of the average user. Other information:
Accessing an automounted directory by path is an advanced feature. (Home directories are a different, but not an issue here.) So, having to use '/' or C-l access the path dialog isn't that much to expect. And as soon as you access the directory the first time you can create a bookmark for repeated use. If there are shared automounted directories that are interesting for the user to access, I think it's up to the sysadmin to provide some easy way to get to them without typing in paths. Such as providing symlinks or preset bookmarks for all users. That is one thing that we may not have: a way for a sysadmin to configure bookmarks for all users (/etc/skel isn't really an answer, because it needs to apply to existing accounts.)
Well, I just learned about C-l. How does Gnome people expect people to learn about such a feature? People does not read user manuals for *file selectors*... indeed I was very irritated by the lack of an explicit location widget. Now I'm happy 8^). I'd strongly suggest, however, an "Enter a location..." button.
Marking as a duplicate of the generic "I want an entry field" bug. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 136541 ***