Hello! With the file dialog issues coming up again and again, I suddenly had this idea to combine a textfield with path-buttons:
http://xs67.xs.to/pics/06066/text-path_a_b.png The file list below it should be filtered for the string as it's entered, or browser style autocompletion could be shown attached below the field. Entering / after the name of an existing dir would turn that part of the path into a button. "../" (maybe even "cd ../") could also work. Wildcards ... not discoverable, but no stumbling block and a blessing to those who do work on the console sometimes. Backspace would work like on characters, going one level up here. A / as first character entered might be a good way to allow input of full pathes. The upper version are just slightly narrower buttons in a slightly higher field. The lower version should remind of the / path seperator. I would like feedback and suggestions on possible next steps. Cheers, Thorsten Wilms _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
