https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128216
--- Comment #10 from Hartmut Schorrig <[email protected]> --- It is very important that a path can be written directly, not just with a file selection menu. In my experience, this is possible via the window's standard menu, and it is also possible to write immediately in the "Filename" dialog box without pressing [Browse]. That is fine. But I'm writing this note because some people may think it's not necessary and remove this feature in the future. Why is this important? Because a file path can be copied and pasted from another tool (e.g. TotalCommander), and that's nice. The second remark: If we may have a dialog field for a relative path, it should also be possible to edit also this relative path, and after leave the field (or pressing [apply] what is in the moment missing), and then see the resulting absolute path in its dialog field. Then the user can input a desired relative path, and look afterwards, where it is, and clarify afterwards, that it is ok. And a third remark: Also in MS-Windows it is possible to have symbolically linked folders (with MKLINK /J dst src\path"). This is a nice way to provide a link to a document and have another relative link in a generated document, especially from a PDF file. This works very well, I use it, but of course it requires a little knowledge of the file system, not for a normal standard user. But a document management administrator should have this knowledge. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
