Ubuntu
gtk+2.0 package

File Selection dialog is too wide as it widens according to width of filetypes.

Bug #339067 reported by Abhishek Mishra on 2009-03-07

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #219385: File filters can make file selection dialog too wide for screen. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox

Hi,
I'm using Firefox 3.0.3 on Ubuntu 8.10 64-bit Intrepid Ibex
and... I came around this -
http://i41.tinypic.com/2q1auld.png

Should the width of 'select file' dialog box used for uploading files, depend on the width of 'list of file-types' ? This surely makes it fill up my screen whereas it would've been more comfortable if "file-type" box would show a trimmed summary and on dropping it down, the whole list of filtered types would appear, making the "Select File" dialog little less wider and comfortable.

I'm very new to all this, so I'm not sure if I should report this under gnome or firefox.

Thanks

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Abhishek Mishra (ideamonk) wrote on 2009-03-07:

This is a preview of what I get on screen. Edit (26.4 KiB, image/png)

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote on 2009-03-07:

If its a bug at all, i would say that gtk should do better about "long" file-type listings. lets triage the bug there.

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Abhishek Mishra (ideamonk) wrote on 2009-03-09:

inwindows.jpg Edit (18.1 KiB, image/jpeg)

I think shortening it like "the attached view" would be better.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2009-03-09:

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.