No way to access nfs mounts with file open dialog?

Hugh Caley Hugh_Caley at affymetrix.com
Fri Apr 15 14:23:41 UTC 2005


I think I did mention i was using Gnome below.  However, I had no idea 
that the "popup" window for typing was available.  Quite usable, but I 
would never have guessed.  I feel there is a bit of a UI design problem 
there.

Thanks!

Hugh

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>   Re: No way to access nfs mounts with file open dialog?
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>     * /From/: Bob Chiodini <rchiodin bellsouth net>
>     * /To/: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list redhat com>
>     * /Subject/: Re: No way to access nfs mounts with file open dialog?
>     * /Date/: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:32:41 -0400
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>On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 16:01 -0700, Hugh Caley wrote:
>> It seems like the File/Open dialogs in the Fedora/Gnome apps no longer 
>> have a way to type in a path to a file, which is fine for casual local 
>> browsing but doesn't help me get at my company's autofs-mounted data.  
>> Is there any way to change this behaviour?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Hugh
>
>You did not say which desktop (KDE, gnome, etc.), but in gnome you can
>just start typing the path and a textbox will appear.  BTW:  I'm not
>very fond of the Open Dialog either.
>
>Bob...
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>

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