Anders Johansson wrote:
On Sunday 16 November 2008 22:40:55 David C. Rankin wrote:
Sorry about the gnome insult. I'm still touchy on the subject since the Firefox 3 save as fiasco. Is this single-click to open a desktop setting somewhere I can check? I didn't set it because until your email, I have never heard about it before. Where should I look to confirm?
Single-click is not the reason. I always have single-click to open (can't stand double-click), and my file dialog still doesn't behave like you suggest. I still think it's a bug specific to your desktop, due to some sort of configuration. I really would report it
And about the firefox save-as thing. If you're referring to the inability to type the file name in the firefox dialog, I can type the file name perfectly fine. As soon as I start typing, a little text window opens up that lets me type it in, and it works.
Anders
Your right, single-click isn't the problem. I too hate to double-click anything. The FF3 issue isn't an 11.1 issue, it was the whole change of the print to pdf file save dialog's inability to allow you to select an existing file to put the name in the filename text-box so that you can modify the name and then save the file under the new name. It has killed our use of firefox. On a daily basis, the federal court system distributes pleading via download of pdf files. All of the files require that my staff 'save as' from an index distributed by the court. The files require a naming convention of 'cause no.'_'plaintiff'_v_'defendant'_'pleading name'_'attachment no.'.pdf which looks something like this in the real-world: 89CV0010_MyClient_v_TheDefendant_RespMotionSummaryJudgment_Exh01.pdf 89CV0010_MyClient_v_TheDefendant_RespMotionSummaryJudgment_Exh02.pdf 89CV0010_MyClient_v_TheDefendant_RespMotionSummaryJudgment_Exh03.pdf 89CV0010_MyClient_v_TheDefendant_RespMotionSummaryJudgment_Exh04.pdf 89CV0010_MyClient_v_TheDefendant_RespMotionSummaryJudgment_Exh05.pdf 89CV0010_MyClient_v_TheDefendant_RespMotionSummaryJudgment_Exh06.pdf 89CV0010_MyClient_v_TheDefendant_RespMotionSummaryJudgment_Exh07.pdf FF3 went to the gnome type file save as dialog which doesn't all you to pick a previous file name, you can only pick the directory to save the file to. That means that staff can't just select and change 01 to 02, etc., they have to try and (1) remember the exact file name they just used and (2) retype the entire name without error simply to change a single character. That is why this behavior I'm seeing in KDE4 scared the hell out of me. I can just imagine some brilliant sole changing the KDE4 default save as dialog so as to cripple the entire desktop and increase the workload for saving similar files by a multiple that depends on the number of similar files to be saved. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. | Rankin Law Firm, PLLC | Countdown for openSuSE 11.1 510 Ochiltree Street | http://counter.opensuse.org/11.1/small Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 | Telephone: (936) 715-9333 | openSoftware und SystemEntwicklung Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 | http://www.opensuse.org/ www.rankinlawfirm.com | -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org