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Re: file selection widget and returning filters [message #42582 is a reply to message #42454]

Tue, 15 February 2005 07:18

Paul Van Delst[1]
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Rob Dimeo wrote:
> Dear Paul and Craig,
>
> Actually that *is* the behavior that I intended even though it may not
> be obvious why. Each time I launched the dialog I did not want to load
> in the contents of the entire directory hierarchy (in the interest of
> speed). I only wanted to display the contents of the current directory
> (subdirectories + files).

Oh, fair enough. But, then, how is the functionality of this pickfile different from
DIALOG_PICKFILE() ? In the latter, the same info is displayed -- subdirectories + files
-- albeit in different "windows" of the widget. (The question is really just for
argument's sake since I much prefer the look of yours even if the functionality is similar).

> Each time you double click on a subdirectory
> then you go into it and the tree widget contents are updated to show
> that directory's files and subdirectories. The "root" folder behaves
> slightly differently in that if you double-click on it, you go up one
> directory. Note that the +/- only expands or compresses the view of
> the contents of the current directory. I probably could have done this
> so that it was more intuitive (I'm certainly open to ideas :) )

If only the +/- of the current directory is "active", then is it possible to make the
subdirectory +/-'s not show up? By having those little icons there, one expects them to do
something.

But, regardless, I'm going to create a RMD subdirectory in my user_contrib for your
pickfile. Like I said above, I like the look of it much more than the regular pickfile().
Your RMD_PICKFILE is more user friendly (IMO) by having all the clickable info in one
widget window.

Good one.

paulv

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Paul van Delst
CIMSS @ NOAA/NCEP/EMC

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[Message index]

		file selection widget and returning filters By: Rob Dimeo on Thu, 10 February 2005 07:06
		Re: file selection widget and returning filters By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 15 February 2005 08:01
		Re: file selection widget and returning filters By: Rob Dimeo on Tue, 15 February 2005 07:48
		Re: file selection widget and returning filters By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 15 February 2005 07:18
		Re: file selection widget and returning filters By: Rob[1] on Mon, 14 February 2005 17:24
		Re: file selection widget and returning filters By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 14 February 2005 15:38
		Re: file selection widget and returning filters By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 14 February 2005 14:59

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