[Thunar-dev] GtkFileChooser-like UI

Auke Kok sofar at lunar-linux.org
Sat Mar 5 22:59:36 CET 2005


Erik Peterson wrote:

>Just thought i might add some feedback. from an end user POV.  I am a
>nerd, just not a programmer.  I have found the GTK file chooser method
>to be very useful and intuituve.  It is really one of the best
>implementions for a file chooser I have seen.  Really convientent. 
>The only two  things _I_ would like added to the mockup, and i know it
>had been said before, is a location "type in here the path you want"
>bar or some way to get access to a similar functionality quickly and a
>filter or search functionality.  The only search / filter
>functionality available in XFCE, besides at the CLI, is in xffm.  Yes
>of course I can go to the CLI but it is not ideal.  This time a
>cleaner way to get to the results would be great too.
>

analogous to the gtk-file chooser, such a bar would go at the BOTTOM of 
the window. This might be counterintuitive (a webbrowser has it on top)...

oh the dilemma: too geeky or too handy?

sofar




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