[Thunar-dev] Inconsistent 'Open with' behaviour

Benedikt Meurer benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de
Sat Mar 11 16:23:40 CET 2006


Stefan Stuhr wrote:
>>>>The chooser dialog is used to change the default application, which can
>>>>be done from the file context menu, using the [Open With Other
>>>>Application] item, or from the file properties dialog.
>>>
>>>Well, but then I think the naming is confusing. Why not simply "Change
>>>default application".
>>
>>Hm, I guess that's even more confusing.
> 
> What about adding an "Use as default" (or something like that) checkbox
> to the Open With dialog?

That way, the chooser dialog would have different semantics depending on
whether it was launched from the context menu or the file properties dialog.

> Stefan

Benedikt



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