196830 - File open/save dialog boxes are ignorant about XPI type ...

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 139214

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, enhancement)

Description

[Martijn Ras]

Heya Folks,

An entry for XPI ("XPI files (*.xpi)") files ought to be added to the list of
file types available in the file open/save dialog boxes.

Mazzel,

Martijn.

Comment 1

[Patrick]

severity -> enhancement

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Why?  Opening such files is surely more rare than opening, say, PDF files.... 
Should we really list every single possible file type in there?  Or just the
common ones?

Comment 3

[Martijn Ras]

Heya Folks,

We shouldn't list every single file type, just the ones that are more or less
'native' to the component, both XPI and XUL in case of the navigator.

On the other hand we might consider enabling configuration of this in the
preferences so one has the freedom to pick which type of files one opens regularly.

Mazzel,

Martijn.

Comment 4

[Patrick]

yeah, let's have more preferences!

Comment 5

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

XPI is no more native to Mozilla than PDF is, as I said....  And I'd think
anyone who's not a Mozilla tester/developer would open an XPI approximately once
in a blue moon.

Over to the rigth component.

Comment 6

[Nicolas Dietrich [:nidi]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 139214 ***