Re: Open (helper application chooser) for iceweasel/icedove is too simple
On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 22:49 -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
> Not sure if it's standard gtk/gnome file open dialog, but it's the
> one used to pick application when opening an attachement and downloading
> files (it's probably used in other places as well).
>
> The dialog has two parts - left part has shortcut to user home dir,
> desktop and filesystem, right side has list of files/directories.
>
> it is not possible to just write in the file (like it is common with
> other file open/save dialogs) which is VERY annoying, e.g. if I want to
> open a text file using gvim I have to figure out where gvim is and click
> all the way there, instead of just typing gvim (and assume it's in path).
>
> is there any way to configure these? are these standard gnome file
> open dialogs?
>
> TIA,
>
> erik
Have you tried what happens if you start typing the filename in?
Those dialogs are a bit confusing indeed, but once you are used to them,
they are not so bad.
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