
I don't know how difficult this would be to achieve but IMHO it would be a useful addition if it is possible...
I have a large number of documents in subfolders inside a main folder. Each subfolder name is 16-17 characters long and when a document with a new ID is created, it needs a new subfolder. I use the 'Create Folder' button which works fine and allows me to name it correctly, but it then returns me to the folder list which is very large and I then have to find the new folder. Is it possible to automatically enter the newly created folder, that is why the folder is created after all? This may seem a long way to handle this but there is a good reason for doing so :-)
I am using WinXP and Inkscape 0.45-1 and since I discovered Inkscape, I rarely use Gimp any more, this is a phenomenal piece of software and kudos goes to all who have helped create it!
Many thanks,
Tony

On 3/28/07, Docsonic <docsonic@...16...> wrote:
I have a large number of documents in subfolders inside a main folder. Each subfolder name is 16-17 characters long and when a document with a new ID is created, it needs a new subfolder. I use the 'Create Folder' button which works fine and allows me to name it correctly, but it then returns me to the folder list which is very large and I then have to find the new folder. Is it possible to automatically enter the newly created folder, that is why the folder is created after all? This may seem a long way to handle this but there is a good reason for doing so :-)
I agree it would be much better, but it's not something Inkscape does; this functionality is provided by the GTK library we use. You could try contacting GTK developers at their mailing list, see http://gtk.org/mailinglists.html.

Docsonic escribió:
I don't know how difficult this would be to achieve but IMHO it would be a useful addition if it is possible...
I have a large number of documents in subfolders inside a main folder. Each subfolder name is 16-17 characters long and when a document with a new ID is created, it needs a new subfolder. I use the 'Create Folder' button which works fine and allows me to name it correctly, but it then returns me to the folder list which is very large and I then have to find the new folder. Is it possible to automatically enter the newly created folder, that is why the folder is created after all? This may seem a long way to handle this but there is a good reason for doing so :-)
I am using WinXP and Inkscape 0.45-1 and since I discovered Inkscape, I rarely use Gimp any more, this is a phenomenal piece of software and kudos goes to all who have helped create it!
Many thanks,
Tony
Now that's funny... Default behavior of the save file widget in GNOME is to do exactly that (switch to the newly created folder), I wonder if this is specific for the GTK+ for Windows build (which judging by Bulia's reply, it may indicate that it is)

On 3/28/07, Gian Paolo Mureddu <thetargos@...155...> wrote:
Docsonic escribió:
I don't know how difficult this would be to achieve but IMHO it would be a useful addition if it is possible...
I have a large number of documents in subfolders inside a main folder. Each subfolder name is 16-17 characters long and when a document with a new ID is created, it needs a new subfolder. I use the 'Create Folder' button which works fine and allows me to name it correctly, but it then returns me to the folder list which is very large and I then have to find the new folder. Is it possible to automatically enter the newly created folder, that is why the folder is created after all? This may seem a long way to handle this but there is a good reason for doing so :-)
Now that's funny... Default behavior of the save file widget in GNOME is to do exactly that (switch to the newly created folder), I wonder if this is specific for the GTK+ for Windows build (which judging by Bulia's reply, it may indicate that it is)
It may be. I'm on Windows today so I only checked Inkscape here - don't remember if it did so on Linux. I'm forwarding this to Tor who's a maintainer of the Windows GTK port, maybe he can comment on that.

I made a quick post on the GTK site (yet to be moderated) but I also checked on my Debian box here running Inkscape 0.44-0 and it works as I would like it to work so it is a windows issue.
Thanks,
Tony
bulia byak wrote:
On 3/28/07, Gian Paolo Mureddu <thetargos@...155...> wrote:
Docsonic escribió:
I don't know how difficult this would be to achieve but IMHO it would be a useful addition if it is possible...
I have a large number of documents in subfolders inside a main folder. Each subfolder name is 16-17 characters long and when a document with a new ID is created, it needs a new subfolder. I use the 'Create Folder' button which works fine and allows me to name it correctly, but it then returns me to the folder list which is very large and I then have to find the new folder. Is it possible to automatically enter the newly created folder, that is why the folder is created after all? This may seem a long way to handle this but there is a good reason for doing so :-)
Now that's funny... Default behavior of the save file widget in GNOME is to do exactly that (switch to the newly created folder), I wonder if this is specific for the GTK+ for Windows build (which judging by Bulia's reply, it may indicate that it is)
It may be. I'm on Windows today so I only checked Inkscape here - don't remember if it did so on Linux. I'm forwarding this to Tor who's a maintainer of the Windows GTK port, maybe he can comment on that.
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