[Bug 424132] Re: [kubuntu] OOo KDE file dialog is utterly broken.

[Jakob Lund]

This comment is only about the file dialogs.

I got the 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1 package last night, and installed the kde
integration again.

The "save", "save as" and "export" dialogs have improved. The various check
boxes now have labels, and the "filter" dropdown is populated with text.
Most importantly, it is now possible to actually save the document and get
on with what you were doing...


Remaining brokenness / usability flaws:

* There is a "Automatic file name extension" AS WELL as a "Automatically
select filename extension (.html)". Only one should be needed!
* Only in "Export" and with the "XHTML" filter: The file you export may get
as many as three extensions if the file name displayed in the "Name" field
has an extension and both the "automatic" boxes are checked. Extensions get
appended one efter the other, for example "test.html.html .xhtml" (yes there
is a space before `.xhtml'). (The pdf filter doesn't do this.)
* When you "Save as" or "Export" files, how are you supposed to know that
you have to select the type of file you want to save in the "Filter" select
box? This is (always was) a little unintuitive to say the least. Perhaps
change the label to "File format" or something else.


Thanks to everyone working on this.
Jakob.

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Chris Cheney <ccheney at ubuntu.com>
wrote:

> Murz,
>
> The wrong save to (various format) bug should be resolved in
> 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1 that was the primary reason for uploading it. If it
> isn't fixed I would be very interested in hearing about that.
>
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> [kubuntu] OOo KDE file dialog is utterly broken.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/424132
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> Status in “kubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in kubuntu-meta in Ubuntu Karmic: Invalid
> Status in openoffice.org in Ubuntu Karmic: Fix Released
> Status in Gentoo Linux: New
> Status in “openoffice.org” package in openSUSE: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> OO.org successfully uses the KDE file dialog, however, it's very broken.
> Some issues:
>
>  - The default directory is one higher in the hierarchy than it should be
> (for instance, it starts in /home. After you save, the next save defaults to
> one directory above that)
>  - Automatic file extensions don't work
>  - Some buttons (like 'New folder') are missing
>  - The checkboxes below the file picker widget have no text
>  - The settings menu has no text.
>

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