"Sharing options" dialog: no notice when share name is too long

[Lyrae]

In Nautilus, when creating a share, the "Sharing Options" dialogue does not notify the user that the share name is too long until the dialogue is saved and re-opened. This could cause a user to do all kinds of troubleshooting that isn't required.

Say I enter "thisnameistoodarnlongtobeasharename" and click "Create share". The dialogue will allow me to click "Create share" with that name in place. Upon re-opening, the dialogue now says "Share name is too long" at the bottom, and the text box is shaded yellow.

The length/validity of the share name should be checked upon the click of the "Create share" button, and an error message be thrown up (in the form of a dialogue box, or at least a red-X-type of icon and bold text *next to the text field*) if the name is not valid. The dialogue should not allow a user to "Create share" with a name that is too long.

Thanks!

[Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount)]

Confirming behaviour as described in bug report and also confirming as a paper cut and sending upstream.

[Vish (vish)]

I dont think we need to forward this bug upstream to nautilus bugzilla.

@hyperair: where is upstream for nautilus-share?

[Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount)]

This apparently is the upstream link for nautilus-share http://gentoo.ovibes.net/nautilus-share/ which is dead.

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

On Tuesday 11,January,2011 01:01 AM, Vish wrote:
> I dont think we need to forward this bug upstream to nautilus bugzilla.
>
> @hyperair: where is upstream for nautilus-share?

I think nautilus-share has a GNOME Bugzilla somewhere, but don't bother, since
nobody except me and a bunch of translators seems to be pushing patches to
nautilus-share recently.

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Kind regards,
Loong Jin