On 22 March 2011 14:36, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 21, 11:30 am, Peter De Berdt <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's a browser thing, so no. Rails, PHP, Java, the Pope, none of them >> can change something that's just part of how the browser itself was >> programmed. > > Related question that I'm interested in but might also help the OP: Is > there a way to control what type of files the dialog box is looking > for and/or where they start looking? I can't seem to remember if I've > seen any sites do this, but its common if the file you want them to > find has a certain extension or type that will help narrow it down.
We are talking about *downloading* files here, so the browser dialog box is not looking for a type of file at all, just asking whether and where to save the downloaded file. It is up to the browser and its configuration which directory to start at. Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
