Re: [Pnet-developers] A few SWF ideas

[Rhys Weatherley]

On Tuesday 03 February 2004 09:19 pm, Ilyak wrote:
> Hi all! I have got 2 ideas how to make SWF file selection dialog
> amusement to use:
>
> 1) All attempts to implement windows-like file selection "suffer" from
> the fact hierachery is different
> In windows File Selection we have:
> Desktop
> - My Documents
> - My Computer
> -  A:
> -  C:
> -  D:
> and so on.
> wine and pnetlib SWF file selection offers to me:
> /home/ilyak
> /home
> /
> (and, rarely, some previously visited)

One of the missing features in the file dialog is a pseudo "start" directory 
containing useful jumping off points.  Under Windows, this would be the usual 
directories and drives that you list.  Under Unix, it would probably contain 
$HOME, $HOME/Documents, /, and maybe some selected mount points like 
/mnt/floppy and /mnt/cdrom.

If someone would like to investigate this, then be my guest.  Adding new icons 
for special-purpose directories shouldn't be difficult.  The "start" 
directory can be handled as special cases in "ScanDirectory", 
"ChangeDirectory", "UpOneLevel", etc.  The "start" directory will show up 
internally as a list of symlinks to the jumping off points.

> 2) Add  toggle button to hide/show hidden files (those started with
> `.'). Will help a LOT!
> (this is painful both if they are hidden always and if they are shown
> always)

Another useful feature.

Cheers,

Rhys.