12515 - Open dialog omission

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: DOM: Editor, defect, P3)

Description

[Michael Lowe]

The open dialog in Windows should have the option to choose "All Files" in the
file type selector combo.   See open dialog in browser to see what is missing.

Comment 1

[Kathleen :Brade]

reassign to myself.  Historically, we haven't been able to open "All Files" in
the editor.  For this reason, I am moving to M15.

Comment 2

[Michael Lowe]

The reason for this is that sometimes a file might be HTML, but might have a
non-standard extension (eg. test.asp), so you would still want to be able to
open it.

Comment 3

[Charles Manske]

IMHO, I don't think it is wise to allow this! At least not until we have tested
what happens when we open a non-html or text file in the editor.

Comment 4

[Kathleen :Brade]

reassign to [e-mail]

Comment 5

[Charles Manske]

I'm still against putting "All files" (*.*) in the filter list. If a user uses
a non-"htm" or "html" extension, then they can manually type "*.mystupidext" in
the dialog to show those files. And you probably can't even generate a "bad"
extension for the Mac, correct?

Comment 6

[Michael Lowe]

Almost all Windows applications allow the choice of viewing "All Files" in the
Open dialog, and I think it will be a mistake for Mozilla to ommit this choice.
If I want to open a file I usually know its name, but not it's file extension,
so if it is not one of the standard ones then not having the option of viewing
all files means I would have to go back into the Windows explorer to find its
exact file type and then go back into the Netscape Open dialog to type in its
exact name.   I think the "All Files" option should be added to the open dialog
now, and a new bug should be filed if Mozilla has a problem opening non-html or
non-text files.

Comment 7

[Charles Manske]

Checked in a couple of days ago.

Comment 8

[sujay]

verified in 11/4 build.