On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 23:07 +0100, Thomas Zehetbauer wrote: > Hi, > > is it possible to get back the old functional gnome/gtk file selection > dialog? > > The current dialog used by e.g. the gimp and evolution obviously tries > to imitate the interface of Windows XP which makes it very inefficient. > > Instead of just typing the file name as with previous versions I need to > activate the file system browser and locate the target folder and this > for every file. Press Ctrl-L if you want to be able to type paths in the dialog. > > Additionally the 'feature' to enter the name of new folders in the file > system browser interprets loosing the focus as confirmation which has > already caused me many unwanted folders. Window's file open dialog is at > least able to delete or rename these files. > > Tom > > -- > T h o m a s Z e h e t b a u e r ( TZ251 ) > PGP encrypted mail preferred - KeyID 96FFCB89 > finger thomasz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx for key > > Those, who are willing to give up essential liberty > for the sake of short-term security > deserve neither liberty nor security. > - Benjamin Franklin > > > >
