when you create an archive, the entry holds the entire path and the combobox below let's you select a folder from your gtk bookmarks and the current folder. the entry should only contain the new filename, since you chose the folder below. next to the combobox there should be a button to open a filechooser to select folders other than the ones from the bookmarks. for example when you create a new file foo.zip in /home/bar/ the entry says /home/bar/foo.zip, but when you select the folder /mnt/data/foobar in the combobox, the entry still has /home/bar/foo.zip so the user doesn't know where the file is extracted to in the end. with only the combobox you can't choose other folders than the current one or the ones from the bookmarks, so there should be a button which let's you do that. maybe something similar would be good for the "extract dialog" too, which lacks the bookmarks combobox. you have to open the filechooser first in that dialog, to access the bookmarks.
Changed severity to enhancement.
Fixed in r23785. Regarding the other folders you can choose them other than the current one by clicking on the triangle next to "Browse for other folders".
looks very nice now :> could you do the same for the extract dialog too?
(In reply to comment #3) > looks very nice now :> > could you do the same for the extract dialog too? > I don't understand what you want. If I click on an archive located in /home/gt/foo/archive.zip and then "Extract To" in the Thunar context menu I get the extract dialog with the correct path pre-entered: /home/gt/foo/archive.zip what do you mean?
i mean just pre-enter the new folder, not the whole path, and have the current path selected in the combobox below the entry and have the triangle with "browse to other folders" below the combobox.
(In reply to comment #5) > i mean just pre-enter the new folder, not the whole path, The new folder without the filename? If you have /home/foo/bar.zip you mean only /home/foo/ should be pre-entered? > and have the current path selected in the combobox below the entry and have the triangle with "browse to other folders" below the combobox. To have the triangle I must redesign the whole extract dialog and this means changing a lot of code but I can set the current path in the file dialog once you click on the Folder icon on the right.
(In reply to comment #6) > (In reply to comment #5) > > i mean just pre-enter the new folder, not the whole path, > > The new folder without the filename? If you have /home/foo/bar.zip you mean > only /home/foo/ should be pre-entered? no, just have bar pre-entered, since it's the name of the new folder. have foo selected in the combobox below. just as in the "create" dialog where the new filename is in the entry and the current path is in the combobox > > and have the current path selected in the combobox below the entry and have the triangle with "browse to other folders" below the combobox. > > To have the triangle I must redesign the whole extract dialog and this means > changing a lot of code but I can set the current path in the file dialog once > you click on the Folder icon on the right. > hm too bad :/ the combobox + triangle would look more like the current gtk file chooser.
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