Re: Annoying GTK2 file dialogue - where to file the BUG?
On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:12:56 +0200, Rudi Effe wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> for some reason, Debian favors Gnome to be the default desktop. My
> reason for using KDE is mainly Gnomes file browser. But as a matter of
> fact, major applications are using the GTK2 libraries (Mozilla,
> Openoffice.org, Gimp, Audacity etc.) - and Opneoffice.org is the only
> one that allows to use the KDE file selector.
>
> Now, what's wrong with the GTK2 file chooser? I will report a bug if
> anybody could name the package/library I have to refer to.
>
> Look at this screen shot for instance:
>
> http://imagebin.ca/view/wxHN3lH.html
>
> (1) all entries are displayed twice
This looks like a bug that should be filed at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
against the 'gtk+' product.
> (2) there is no option to sort by size or to even display size.
> maybe this must be enabled by the calling app (audacity here) - but
> if this option is not diallowed explicitly, it should be possible to
> add it by the browsing user.
Seems like a useful feature. You should file a bug at http://
bugzilla.gnome.org/ against the 'gtk+' product.
> (3) whenever I tell Mozilla to open a dialogue with a specific app,
> I can (to be quick) enter its path right in the file name box (say:
> /usr/bin/ark). Next time however, the file selector will start
> browsing that directory (/usr/bin) and produce a hang lasting at
> least 4-5 seconds. Suspecting - missing caching
> - slow algorithms
> - bad threading
The problem is that all the files in /usr/bin have MIME detection done on
them, which takes ages. See <http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?
id=322314> for further details.
> (4) missing eyecandiness: grey and simple icons, no rounded corners,
> dominating dark grey, low percentage of area used for content/
> information (too much frame).
This is simply due to the default GTK+ theme being, well, rubbish. If you
change your theme to the default GNOME theme then things will look much
better. You can do this by running gnome-appearance-properties which
appears to work by fiddling with the values of the gconf keys under
'/desktop/gnome/interface'.
> Regards
> Rudi
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