I think the answer is yes and no.
Firstly - if you want, you can globally customize the links shown in all file dialogs on your system by tweaking the registry in this sort of way: http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/misc/misc/system/article.php/c13407/.
Second - it wouldn't be difficult to add a compile-time, or a run-time switch to select between which file dialogs are shown. I switches are a pretty bad idea though. We have to commit to one or the other. This is a design decision: we can't pile yet another choice on for the overwhelmed user every time a hard design dilemma comes along.
Third, yes it is theoretically possible to add support for custom links like the GTK dialog had. It would be fiddly, but the whole dialog is hooked already - this would just involve more hook-work. We discussed this already on this list, and came to the conclusion that that feature is not necessary for the Windows users, because Windows users don't expect it, and adding extra features to the standard dialog undermines the very reason native dialogs were implemented in the first place: to improve consistency!
So my suggestion would be this: Put windows shortcuts in your home folder. Wouldn't that do the job? - in a neat windowsy sort of way?
What do you think? Joel
(The old bug 167364 means the "home" folder is the parent directory to "My Documents" - which is incorrect. But I'm working on that problem.)
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 12:46 +0100, Mihaela wrote:
rygle wrote:
I also miss the GTK ability to store your own folder shortcuts on the side.
I miss that too, is there a way I can reverse it on my system? I don't care much for win native dialog, folder shortcuts are a big time saver for me. Can folder shortcuts be implemented in the Win native dialog?
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