To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=89007 Issue #|89007 Summary|File | Open Dialog box and others of that type Component|framework Version|OOo 2.4.0 Platform|PC URL| OS/Version|Windows XP Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|PATCH Priority|P3 Subcomponent|code Assigned to|tm Reported by|twayne
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon May 5 00:44:37 +0000 2008 ------- This is also the case in 2.3 and probably all previous issues; I'm not familiar with the early revs of OOo. When I click File | Open in any of the applications I use in OOo, I am presented with the expected OPEN dialog. It opens to the last accessed path, which is good. However, if the file I want to open is NOT in that path or is far removed from the path, or especially on a different drive in a different directory, I must continuously drill-click "UP" until I get all the way to the top where I can finally choose another drive or directory. All other programs I've ever used provide a means to also pick a different drive from a click-point in this dialog box. OOo does not allow this. Instead one must click UP a directory at a time until they get far enough up the heirarchy to choose a different directory or drive letter. MS WORD's File | Open dialog is the best example of this done correctly. No matter what directory I may be in, it will let me go directly to another drive letter without having to click my way up the tree to the very top to get access to another drive letter. The related listbox doesn't even exist in OOo's presentation. I consider it an annoyance, not a bug, but it's a huge annoyance at times, especially when I'm pulling together data from several different sources or arranging a specific directory sctucture. Can OOo be gine the same ability? AFAIK OOo is the only application to NOT allow this sort of navigation in the File Open window (and other windows, too). If nothing else, OOo could probably link directly to the same function/api that windows (or whatever OS) uses, and display the very same window. Please, allow access to direct drive navigation from the File | Open dialogs. It would be a great improvement, a negation of an aggravation that occasionally can get really annoying. To duplicate it, drill down say five directory levels and open a file on say drive D. Now click File | Open and open a file on Drive E or any letter other than D; you'll see what I mean. No repeat that a few times and imagine an entire afternoon of that; it amounts to a fair amount of time and aggravation after awhile. Regards, --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
