[Bug 219385] [NEW] File filters can make file selection dialog too wide for screen

[mroth]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-desktop-environment

This bug occurs in Firefox but is likely related to the generic Gnome
file-selection-dialog rather than application specific.

In this case our website is calling OS file dialog via Firefox and
JS/Flash, passing in a filter with a description (eg. "Photos and
Videos"), and file extension-matching pattern (eg.
"*.mov;*.mpg;*.avi;*.jpg")

Windows dialogs tend to truncate this list, and expand only the drop-
down when selected, open and active. Ubuntu/Gnome appears to make the
dialog width match the width of the filter drop-down, which is quite
long due to the number of file types and mixed-case scenarios (eg.
*.jpg;*.JPG)

Due to the amount of file formats we're filtering based on, the dialog
box can easily grow wider than the user's display permits.

See screenshot for illustration:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/2403694395_ca70740726.jpg

Expected behavior would be to truncate the file filter list display past
a certain point to prevent dialog box from growing too large.

Our testing confirms this behavior in both Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04RC.

This bug prevents Ubuntu users from being able to use the advanced
upload tool on Flickr.com from Firefox.

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

** Affects: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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File filters can make file selection dialog too wide for screen
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219385
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