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Idea #5835: GTK Chooser should show image previews

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #240: Previews or thumbnails in file chooser.
Written by krs the 27 Mar 08 at 13:27. Category: Look and Feel. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
GTK Chooser should show image previews in general, like it is done in Mac OS X:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/applescripttmm/figs/I_2_tt193.png

When using the file chooser (for e-mail attachement, or web page upload) It's impossible to switch the file browser to get thumbnails.

(original idea by markschu)
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #5835
Written by krs the 27 Mar 08 at 13:27.
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ubby wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 15:21
Good idea!

brownknight wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 15:45
Isn't this feature implemented already? I see thumbnails now when I want to attach a file in emails.

krs wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 15:46
In hardy?

brownknight wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 15:50
I use Gutsy 7.10 and this feature is already in it.

Remco wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 15:59
It's an optional feature. Programs just have to start using it.

krs wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 16:11
Can you describe more? Here's wath I have with Gutsy :

1: go to http://bayimg.com

2: Click the "upload" button

3: this is what I get : http://gloomydream.net/bazar/Capture-File%20Upload.png

No preview, and no way to switch in thumbnail view...

krs wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 16:12
Not the upload button, the "browse" button, of course.

krs wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 16:12
Remco > How to enable it?

Remco wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 18:06
I don't know, I'm not a developer. You can't enable this yourself. It's an optional feature that application-developers can enable.

Emil wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 19:41
In Windows you can just right-click and select show thumbnails and it's very easy to pick a nice picture.

Eldmannen wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 21:30
Not all files can be previewed.

So its better of as an optional feature that the program can call.

GtkChooser($foo); = no preview
GtkChooser($foo, SHOW_PREVIEW); = preview yes

mexlinux wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 23:50
Agree.
This gtk chooser has always been too lame...
every other system does that.

spg76 wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 00:02
In Hardy, this feature is already implemented.
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/240/


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