On 10 May 2018 at 14:53, Stefan Klinger <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> Hi, few question that I could not find an answer for via Google or
> Stack Overflow, nor via the provided Gnome documentation.  But I guess
> you developers would know:
>
> How can I configure the file chooser?
>

The general answer is: you don't. The file chooser is not an application.

GtkFileChooser does have a few settings, but are mostly for storing state.

>
>   * Always open in a mode where I can paste a file name into a text
>     field, or can start typing a path (with tab-completion)
>
>     Currently (e.g., with GIMP 2.10.0) it always opens in Recently
>     Used mode, so I have to switch to one of the other "Places" and
>     then hit Ctrl-L.  I don't even want to hit Ctrl-L.
>

You can set the default location on open:

  gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser startup-mode

'recent' will use the recently opened files; 'cwd' will use the current
work directory of the process that launched the file chooser dialog.

If the application sets a location programmatically, the location will be
preferred to either values.


>   * When entering a path (Firefox), sometimes I see completion happen
>     only when I hit Tab, and sometimes it just happens automatically
>     (which is extremely annoying).  This behaviour seems to change
>     "automatically".  At least I don't know how to fix this to
>     complete only when I hit Tab.
>

Completion will happen if there's only one result; the Tab key is necessary
if there's ambiguity.


>   * When I change the File Chooser's window size, or toggle visibility
>     of hidden files, please don't remember these settings.  I want
>     them temporary.
>

That's not possible.


>   * I cannot remove some entries from the "Places" list.  How can I
>     change this?  Even better: Is there a way to show a nice file
>     system tree instead of this "places" thing?
>

You can't change the Places, and you can't have a file system tree.

Ciao,
 Emmanuele.

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