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Bug 669895 - FileChooser's recent items mode should show folder paths
FileChooser's recent items mode should show folder paths
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkFileChooser
3.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
Federico Mena Quintero
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-02-11 16:19 UTC by Jean-François Fortin Tam
Modified: 2015-07-04 05:17 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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2012-02-11 16:19 UTC, Jean-François Fortin Tam
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Description Jean-François Fortin Tam 2012-02-11 16:19:57 UTC
Created attachment 207349 [details]
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Take a look at the attached screenshot and think, "what pitivi folder do I want to save in?"

It's impossible to know what recently used folder is the right one, unless you manually hover each of them to check the path in the tooltip, which defeats the purpose because I could just as well manually browse the path.

What I'm suggesting is this: for the "recently used" view, display not just the folder name, but display something like path_to_folder/folder, where:
- path_to_folder is shown in a slightly different "insensitive" color (ex: gray? depends on the gtk theme) in order to keep the final part of the path more visible.
- the user's home directory is stripped out from the path... for example, "/home/jeff/dev/pitivi/pitivi/" would show as "~/dev/pitivi/pitivi"
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2015-07-04 05:17:58 UTC
We have a location column for recent files now.