[Thunar-dev] GtkFileChooser-like UI

[Benedikt Meurer]

Auke Kok 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?

That's only the quick-search feature. No problem to display it at the 
bottom. Firefox does that as well.

> sofar

Benedikt