Can't select multiple files in file open/import native dialogs

[Mati-pl]

I'd like to open (and work on/compare) some documents,
which all are in the same directory. I can't just
select them using control/shift-clicking, but it's
necessary to open files singly.

[ScislaC (scislac)]

confirmed on win32 as well (originally submitted under Linux)

[Gnumuthu (gnumuthu)]

I have a patch, that makes it work on the CVS head.
It modifies src/file.cpp & src/dialog/filedialog.[h|cpp].

There are 3 patch files, one for each, Im wondering what to do.
Theres no option to upload this on the website...;-|
Thinking.

Muthu

[Gnumuthu (gnumuthu)]

A newer patch lives here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1223534&group_id=93438&atid=604308

[Buliabyak-users (buliabyak-users)]

fixed in cvs thanks to gnumuthu's patch

[Will Pittenger (will-pittenger1)]

This appears to affect Windows users too even though the Win32 build now uses native dialogs. Does the fix affect those builds?

[Pablo Trabajos (pajarico)]

Yes, it does (on windows at least). Both open and import dialogs. I'm reopening this.

[r (rlg-email)]

Still fails version 451

[su_v (suv-lp)]

AFAICT fixed for 'File > Open' since Inkscape 0.47, see
- Bug #220000 “Open dialog multiple select not working”
  <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/220000>

For 'File > Import' (fixed in current trunk), see
- Bug #203070 “Import Dialog doesn't handle multiple files”
  <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/203070>

@JazzyNico, Kris: can we consider this fixed for the Windows native file dialogs, too? (open multiple files since 0.47, import multiple files in current trunk)

[Kris (kris-degussem)]

If the windows native dialogs are used File > open nor File > Import allow the selection of multiple files.
So I would say the fix committed status of #203070 is only correct for GTK dialogs. There is no reference to what type of dialog is considered in bug #203070 , so I would refer to this bug (bug #166350 ) as specific to windows and to the windows native dialogs.

[Adam Belis (adambelis)]

fixed in 1.1-dev (719a360, 2020-02-07)
Closed by: https://gitlab.com/adambelis