Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox OOo oddness
060224 John J. Foster wrote: On my KDE desktop in the File Open dialog boxes on both Firefox OOo I can't find where to tell them to display hidden folders/files. I'm using Firefox 1.5 OO 2.0 on KDE 3.5.1 : for Firefox, R-click on the actual dir/file list show hidden files; for OO, ditto follow View ditto or toggle with F8 . Generally, when you can't find something, R-click often brings up a list. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox OOo oddness
John J. Foster schreef: On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 02:59:19AM +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: John J. Foster schreef: Good evening, I'm running a KDE desktop and in the File Open dialog boxes on both Firefox OOo I can't seem to find where to tell them to display hidden folders and/or files. For firefox, if a Save dialog, select Browse for other folders, then right-click inside the file list on the right -- not the folder list on the left-- and select Show hidden files. For the Open dialog, you don't have to browse, obviously. Thanks, that works fine. Even for the Open File, which I'm not sure why you wouldn't think I'd have to browse. Sorry, it was late for me and I was typing fast. What I meant is that for the Save dialog, you have to open the Browse section of the dialog window by opening Browse for other folders, so showing hidden files is two steps, but the Open dialog begins with a Browse window, so you only have one step. However, if you do this a lot, you might consider making a symlink from the hidden folder or file to a link of the same name, but without the preceding ., that way the symlink won't be hidden. Yeah, but that's really lame that I'd have to do that. OOo can be so advanced on some things, and so incredibly stupid on others. Lame? I dunno. Is it 'lamer' than having to type a path or filename in the dialog? Or 'lamer' than Joseph's suggestion (which doesn't work for me using OO.o-2.02_rc2): Joseph schreef: Yes, it is there for OO as well. When you click on Open File, the window will have few icons, click on the available icons and you will find it :-) In my Open dialog (OOWriter), there are 3 button icons: Up one level in the filetree, Make new folder, and Home. This is exactly what I would expect, and these buttons do exactly what I would expect. There is no context menu for them, and if the menu exists on the main window, I don't see it, and I didn't find it in the Preferences screen last night. I don't know about you, but to me, one 10-second task (making a symlink to a folder which is likely not hidden by my choice but by default, such as config files in my /home folder which I often edit), and afterwards knowing that it's /done/ and I don't have to worry about it any more, is much less 'lame' than having to search for 10 minutes for a stupid setting in the program in question (Firefox, as a GNOME program, puts the setting one place, Krusader, as a KDE program, puts the setting another place, and OO.o, as an independent program, puts it $DEITY knows where, if the setting exists at all). But perhaps you have different needs (as a single home user, I don't particularly have any need to hide any files from possible abuse, so while I may work with hidden files often, they aren't mission-critical, voluntarily hidden files). Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox OOo oddness
On Sunday 26 February 2006 01:55, Peter Ruskin wrote: See http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=384087highlight=filepicker+kde nice site. opens up a few posibilities too. :) -- Every absurdity has a champion to defend it. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox OOo oddness
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 12:55:05PM +, Peter Ruskin wrote: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=384087highlight=filepicker+kde Thank you, thank you, thank you - just what I wanted festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp97KvSCY6zZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox OOo oddness
John J. Foster schreef: Good evening, I'm running a KDE desktop and in the File Open dialog boxes on both Firefox OOo I can't seem to find where to tell them to display hidden folders and/or files. For firefox, if a Save dialog, select Browse for other folders, then right-click inside the file list on the right -- not the folder list on the left-- and select Show hidden files. For the Open dialog, you don't have to browse, obviously. Setting will remain until you revoke it, though possibly not across browser sessions (not sure). There does not seem to be a global setting for OO.o. Of course, if you know the filename, you can just type it once in the correct folder; this also works for folders. In the case of a folder, this will take you to the folder, where you can then select the file. However, if you do this a lot, you might consider making a symlink from the hidden folder or file to a link of the same name, but without the preceding ., that way the symlink won't be hidden. Also, in Firefox the only columns available in the File dialog boxes are Name and Modified. I know size was there in 1.0.7. Yes, apparently Name and Modified are the only columns available. Things change. 1.5 is a long way from 1.0.7. Myself, I don't need the filesize in a web-browser save dialog (I find Modified date much more useful), but everybody's different. Hope this helps, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox OOo oddness
On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 02:59 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: I'm running a KDE desktop and in the File Open dialog boxes on both Firefox OOo I can't seem to find where to tell them to display hidden folders and/or files. For firefox, if a Save dialog, select Browse for other folders, then right-click inside the file list on the right -- not the folder list on the left-- and select Show hidden files. For the Open dialog, you don't have to browse, obviously. Setting will remain until you revoke it, though possibly not across browser sessions (not sure). There does not seem to be a global setting for OO.o. Of course, if you know the filename, you can just type it once in the correct folder; this also works for folders. In the case of a folder, this will take you to the folder, where you can then select the file. Yes, it is there for OO as well. When you click on Open File, the window will have few icons, click on the available icons and you will find it :-) -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox OOo oddness
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 02:59:19AM +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: John J. Foster schreef: Good evening, I'm running a KDE desktop and in the File Open dialog boxes on both Firefox OOo I can't seem to find where to tell them to display hidden folders and/or files. For firefox, if a Save dialog, select Browse for other folders, then right-click inside the file list on the right -- not the folder list on the left-- and select Show hidden files. For the Open dialog, you don't have to browse, obviously. Setting will remain until you revoke it, though possibly not across browser sessions (not sure). Thanks, that works fine. Even for the Open File, which I'm not sure why you wouldn't think I'd have to browse. However, if you do this a lot, you might consider making a symlink from the hidden folder or file to a link of the same name, but without the preceding ., that way the symlink won't be hidden. Yeah, but that's really lame that I'd have to do that. OOo can be so advanced on some things, and so incredibly stupid on others. Thanks agin, festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp5dw0UQxr7R.pgp Description: PGP signature
