You have access to the low level apis of the OS just use those to initiate the file picker.
On Sep 15, 2017 15:29, "Clemens Eisserer" <linuxhi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > Come on. It's troll bait. > Actually it is not. > > > Just wondering: what apps use a file chooser anyway? > Evince, Firefox, Gimp (still GTK2), Eclipse, Geany (still GTK2), ... > > > He comes to a gtk+ list, declaring his > > preference upfront to not use gtk3 because the "file chooser is > > driving me crazy". In what why is the file chooser driving him crazy? > > Unknown - other than it not looking like GTK2 or qt ( unknown version > > ) file chooser. > > I actually sat down and compared GTK2 and GTK3 regarding the file-chooser. > The one and only thing that really bothers me is GTK3 starting a > search immediatly when I start typing a file-name, where I only would > like it to jump to the file/folder that starts with the letters I just > typed. > Is there any know to turn that instant-search feature off and return > to the more traditional "select on type" mode? > > Regards, Clemens > > (beside I frequently hit a bug where file-icons sometimes only appear > after forcing a redraw (scrolling, selecting a file). > _______________________________________________ > gtk-list mailing list > gtk-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list >
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