On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 07:23 -0700, Hugh Caley wrote: > I think I did mention i was using Gnome below. However, I had no idea > that the "popup" window for typing was available. Quite usable, but I > would never have guessed. I feel there is a bit of a UI design problem > there. > > Thanks! > > Hugh > > > > > Re: No way to access nfs mounts with file open dialog? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > * /From/: Bob Chiodini <rchiodin bellsouth net> > > * /To/: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list redhat com> > > * /Subject/: Re: No way to access nfs mounts with file open dialog? > > * /Date/: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:32:41 -0400 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 16:01 -0700, Hugh Caley wrote: > >> It seems like the File/Open dialogs in the Fedora/Gnome apps no longer > >> have a way to type in a path to a file, which is fine for casual local > >> browsing but doesn't help me get at my company's autofs-mounted data. > >> Is there any way to change this behaviour? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Hugh > > > >You did not say which desktop (KDE, gnome, etc.), but in gnome you can > >just start typing the path and a textbox will appear. BTW: I'm not > >very fond of the Open Dialog either. > > > >Bob... > > > > > > Yes you did mention gnome, sorry I missed that. I agree with you about the design problem. Can you not drill down by first double clicking on Filesystem in the left frame? It would be nice if the non-local mount points were in the top level, similar to those file systems mounted in /media. Bob...
