Comment 4 for bug 542755

That's exactly what I'm suggesting.

If that isn't going to be implemented, then the wording of the dialogue should be changed. As a user, if I see a dialogue that tells me that it is offering to list "PDF files" then I expect it to... list the PDF files.

I'm not sure that a few seconds of delay (especially if accompanied with a "working" notification) is a problem. Given how long it takes to open file dialogues in many applications (yes, OpenOffice.org, I'm thinking of you), a few seconds doesn't seem to be much of a problem. But you may not agree.

----

I guess I see the following possibilities:

1. Do nothing. This basically means that the dialogue is misleading the user.

2. Reword the dialogue. This would work, but would ultimately force the user to switch to the "All files" option and find the file.

3. Replace the current "PDF Files" option with a proper search for PDF files. This would work, but might cause a few seconds' delay. That wouldn't bother me, but maybe it would bother other users.

4. Reword the dialogue AND add a new option that implements a proper search for PDF files.

Personally, I'd put the desirability of these in the order:
  3, 4, 2, 1