Re: [rox-devel] rox-lib and DND Loading

[Ken H. <ke...@ha...>]

On Mon, December 11, 2006 12:51 pm, Jim Ramsay wrote:
> Is there a preferred roxified replacement for g.FileChooserButton or
> even g.FileChooserDialog?  I would envision it looking a lot like the
> dialog you get when you choose "Set run action" in Rox-Filer.  Is this
> dialog (or something like it) available via rox-lib2?
>

No.  Generally you just make your App window, or some portion of it,
accept dropped files directly.  Then use a Filer window as the chooser.

I kinda see your idea though (actually it should look just like a
SaveBox).  In some ways it would be strange to have a small window open
just to drop a file on it. But at the same time you could present a text
box to enter the filename manually (with completion?).  Of course you can
do text entry in the filer window also, so maybe nothing gained there
except speed for keyboard types.

e.g.
 hit Ctrl-O
 dialog opens
 type filename
 hit enter
vs
 switch to filer window (keyboard or mouse)
 navigate to the file you want (keyboard or mouse)
 grab the mouse
 drag-n-drop the file

Same number of steps, but you need to use the mouse at least once.