[Bug 323461] [NEW] Brasero Project options dont all have a properties selection button or similar

[David Johnston]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: brasero

Brasero Project options dont all have a properties selection button or
similar

Brasero opens with 5 Project Option buttons presented - 
a) Audio Project
b) Data Project
c) Video Project 
d) Disc Copy
e) Burn Image

The properties for d and e are applied to a, b, and c, without clear indication that is how braseros dialogues operate. 
This is particularly a problem in relation to the temp files location property. 
That way of operating is counter-intuitive, and leads to problems for people with small separate /tmp partition if they go straight to a, b, or c. 

After selecting the Project options for Audio, Data, or Video, the dialogue which is presented lacks a properties selection button or similar. This leads to the problems described in bug report 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+bug/319640
(see notes listed with item # 1 in that report). 

However, the the copy disc option does have a properties button (which
includes Temporary file location) on the dialogue (which can be enabled
if you put an empty disc in the drive, even though the temp file
location property isnt specific to the destination selected - note that
it should really be a separate property or option, perhaps on a menu or
elsewhere).

I expect either a separate properties menu or option available at the
main menu initially presented which applies to all the 5 project options
(listed above labelled a to e) or the properties button or menu option
be available for a, b, and c, as well as d and e. The properties button
including temp file location is only available from d and e, and that
properties setting applies to the other options without any clear
indication or documentation explaining that this is the case.

Since this leads to a problem using the application, this is a defect.

If the properties-Temporary location option was available in the other
projects, it would avoid many other people hitting this problem, and
would meet the brasero app objective of being an easy to use burning
tool.

The best solution would be to have the temp file location as part of a
separate menu in the main application and each of the subsidiary project
dialogues. That would avoid this problem, and also other problems I have
seen as part of other brasero bug reports where the properties button
for the destination is disabled due to not having the right disc in the
drive.

I have ubuntu intrepid installed. 
brasero 0.8.4 on ubuntu intrepid 8.10 with kernal updated to 2.6.27-9-generic
This bug applied to brasero 0.8.2 and I have since loaded 0.8.4 and it has the same weakness.

** Affects: brasero (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Brasero Project options dont all have a properties selection button or similar
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/323461
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