GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 548467
"Recently Used" should show folders when in folder selection mode
Last modified: 2011-03-30 20:44:02 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #514260 +++ The filechooser can be used to select a folder instead of a file. For instance, File Roller uses this mode to select an extraction directory. The "recently used" list will still show a list of (unselectable) files in this case. That's completely useless. Instead, it should show the most recently used folders (that is: the folders containing the most recently used files).
I can actually see folders in the Recently Used list in the file chooser. However at the same time there are insensitive files and I agree it's not exactly helpful. It would be nice if the file chooser could show *only* folders in the Recently Used list if the action is one of the two folder actions.
> It would be nice if the file chooser could show *only* folders in the Recently > Used list if the action is one of the two folder actions. It would also be inconsistent with the rest of the file chooser, where we do show files regardless of mode, but make them insensitive when we are in a folder mode.
(In reply to comment #2) > > It would be nice if the file chooser could show *only* folders in the Recently > > Used list if the action is one of the two folder actions. > > It would also be inconsistent with the rest of the file chooser, where we do > show files regardless of mode, but make them insensitive when we are in a > folder mode. Admittedly, yes. Although I think that's different. The Recently Used list is not a real folder, opposed to all other views except for Search. So I don't think a user would expect to see files there. ie. in a folder list I know what folders and files are there and expect it to be the same as what Nautilus would show me. That's why files must not be hidden but become insensitive there.
Something new on this ?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 593793 ***