GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 675792
When saving, recently-used doesn't show files, so overwriting a previously-used file is hard
Last modified: 2018-04-15 00:00:55 UTC
Created attachment 213782 [details] Screenshot showing folders instead of actual recently used files Steps to reproduce: Open any .xcf and try to save as and click the "Recently Used" option. It defaults to folders instead of your actual recently used files. The same goes for Export, Export To, and Save a Copy. OS = Win7 64 bit SP1 Installer = gimp-2.8.0-setup.exe installed 5/7/2012 File Version = gimp-2.8.0.0 2.8 is in it's own folder not mixed in with 2.6 also. Thank you oodles!
Just an additional note to this: when you select File>Open and select "Recently Used," gimp performs the expected behavior and lists the actual recently used files, so the code is correct there in case that helps. :o) Thank you again!
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In "Save" mode, the file chooser shows folders in the recently-used pane so that you can pick a folder in addition to typing your filename. This page describes the rationale for this: https://live.gnome.org/DocumentCentricGnome/Help%20the%20user%20choose%20a%20place%20to%20put%20a%20new%20file Now, this policy is clearly giving people some trouble (e.g. see bugs #667252 and #670875), so I'm willing to revise it. What are you trying to do in your specific case - overwrite a file that you created recently by looking for it in the recently-used list?
Yes, that is the expected behavior and what I am trying to do exactly :o). I quite often make many .png versions of a file from one layered .xcf and need to make alterations to them when I produce a better result than I had before and have to update the whole set. Unfortunately I am not always trying to overwrite just the last file, but perhaps the one (or several) before it. (By the way I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE the new export to/overwrite feature now that I'm used to it! Whoever thought that wonderfulness up deserves some major kudos and happy karma! :D) I read through the reasoning on the link you provided and it seems sound - perhaps it could be a future enhancement to have the Save and Export dialog boxes hold both the "Recently Used Files" option which would list recently used files in order of most to least recently accessed and also a "Recently Used Folders" option so that it is a win-win situation for everyone. :o) That would then just be one click to launch whichever function someone needs most - finding another folder or the actual recently used files. But for now, just mimicking the same save behavior from 2.6 would likely be best please if you can. From an end user standpoint, it appears to be lost functionality from the previous version, which is likely why folks are reporting it as a bug - they don't understand why the system has lost this bit of functionality or that the change was actually on purpose... Thank you so much! :o)
The problem I have right now is that adding files to the recent-directories list would make it pretty cluttered. I'm not sure how to resolve this - ideas appreciated :)
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