[Glade-users] file chooser dialog

[Damon Chaplin]

On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 09:35 -0700, Shiraz Baig wrote:
> I have recently installed Fedora. When I try to use
> Glade, I find that "File Selction Dialog" no longer
> exists in the pallete. Now, only "File Chooser Dialog"
> exists. It is a strange kind of widget. It simply
> gives two buttons "Add" and "Remove". I also do not
> see, any help or tutorial for this widget.
> 
> I wonder who creates such widgets, without any
> documentation. Where should one go for the
> documentation. I tried to locate on the Internet for
> file choose dialog, but I only find vague remarks. No
> one describes its function calls.
> 
> could any one point out to API for this widget or any
> help for this widget. In Fedora, I do not find File
> Selection Dialog and I am feeling quite disturbed.

The new dialog is a standard part of GTK+ now, and is documented here:

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/GtkFileChooserDialog.html


It is better, once you get used to it. (Though I agree that the 'Add'
and 'Remove' buttons are confusing. They are for adding bookmarks to
directories, which appear in the left-hand side of the dialog.)

Damon