Re: small GTK "Open file" dialog

[brett <bml@bookcellar.com.au>]

Nick Wright wrote:
> > I have a little cosmetical problem but it is annoying. By default my
> > GTK2 standard dialogs (open, save, ...) are very small. Is there any
> > configuration file where I can set those dimensions?
> Yeah I have a simmilar thing I think.. When I go to save stuff from
> firefox it gives me a fairly small dialog box initally. There's a
> "Browse for other folders" button that opens up a tiny browse window
> (unusably small) the first time but then if you close and open it
> again it'll be a decent size..
>
> K3b (which I know has nothing to do with GTK2) also has this problem
> when you browse for an iso image to burn. 
IIRC there is a bug which makes gtk miscalculate the size of the window 
on which the dialog is to be displayed (and thus miscalculate the 
chooser dialog size). I have had a look for more info but couldn't find 
anything atm. There might be more info in debian-user archives.

The "browse for other folders" issue is seperate (IIRC), there is a 
patch for it which can be seen on the gentoo forum: 
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-362497-highlight-.html

HTH