On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, bulia byak wrote:
In file dialogs, I removed the name of the file above the preview:
it's a bit tautologic, as the file is already selected in the list anyway
removing it frees a bit more space for the preview itself
most importantly, long filenames stretch the preview and thus
distort the dialog layout, and there's no way to ellipcize the filename label (at least yet, as of GTK 2.6)
I like this change, but I realize there may be different opinions, so comments are welcome.
For this change I don't have an opinion, but have some broader opinions of the file dialogs:
The main problem is that I typically work with files in large, complex directory trees (e.g., openclipart, etc.) so often it is fastest for me to type the paths and filenames in, and then hit enter to load it. This does not work in inkscape (afaik), so I have to pick, scroll, pick, scroll, and eyeball for the file. I don't know if this is a GNOME thing or is something that can be overridden in Inkscape, but it is very annoying.
The save dialog is also strange because it is laid out differently than the file dialog. The name is at the top of the dialog instead of in the same place as the load dialog, for instance. That seems very different from how one would expect. Also, with the save dialog it seems redundant to have 'Save in folder' as well as a tree view; it's confusing.
Bryce