GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 334333
File open/save lack persistent text location entry
Last modified: 2008-02-10 22:00:52 UTC
I like to use the keyboard instead of the mouse (I have one machine which doesn't even have a mouse) and I am glad to see that someone added the gconf key app/nautilus/preferences/always_use_location_entry because it is much faster to enter a path, that is several directories deep, via cutting and pasting the path. The file open/save dialog lacks this type of gconf key. I am requesting this as a feature so I can simply change a gconf key, or a setting, to allow the file open/save dialogs to always use a text location entry box instead of the button bar type of location entry. I realise I can just press CTRL+L and get the text location box but my request would alleviate that step making things a little faster and easier for the user. I believe this would make all gtk2 apps easier to use. Other information:
Created attachment 61133 [details] This what the file open/save dialog would look like.
Created attachment 61134 [details] This is how the file open/save currently looks.
Ok It tooke me only two hours to find this bug! It is a duplicate of http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136541 Have a look at the way they want to make the button bar and the location bar the same thing. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=59481 I think we should get the location bar and the button bar in the same widget set.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 136541 ***