24908 - [ANNOYING] Changing directory CLEARS filename when downloading.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 3025

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Jason Eager]

This annoyance bugs me regularly in the Netscape 3 and 4 series as well,
I was hoping that it wouldn't show up in Mozilla as well. :-(

Condition: Select a file to download, and then select the "Save As" button
on the dialog that states that Mozilla does not recognize the mime type.
Note that the correct file name appears in the Save-As dialog. Now change
directories, by moving up or down a subdirectory in any method provided
by the dialog.

Expected Behaviour: The correct file name REMAINS at the bottom of the
dialog and the dialog shows the correct information for the entered
subdirectory. In otherwords, the file name that you are going to save
the file as is NOT affected by directory changes. Only the path changes.

Current Behaviour (as of 2000012309): The file name is CLEARED
(disappears) from the bottom of the dialog whenever the user moves to
a new subdirectory.

This is QUITE annoying...in Netscape 4.06, it means that I end up
clicking on something that I want to download TWICE...the first time to
set the correct directory to download to, and then cancel out of the dialog,
the second time to actually download the file.

I realize this might be a GTK++ issue..if it is, I'll lodge my complaint
with them too, and work on creating a file dialog box that allows items
to PERSIST though subdirectory changes.

Comment 1

[leger]

Putting on pdt- radar.  Annoying, but not critical to everyday use.

Comment 2

[shuang (gone)]

german wants to take a look first. reassign it to him

Comment 3

[leger]

Putting dogfood in the keyword field.

Comment 4

[leger]

Moving all UE/UI bugs to new component: User Interface: Design Feedback
UE/UI component will be deleted.

Comment 5

[gstoll]

This looks like a duplicate of bug 3025.

Comment 6

[Sean Richardson]

This is indeed a DUP of bug 3025, "file selection dialog forgets filenames on 
chdir", ASSIGNED, M16.

That bug has been added to the list at bug 26480, "[Tracking] linux: Need to 
redesign the native file picker", where the intent seems to be to redesign
that dialog to make it more functional and less annoying.

Marking as DUP, cc-ing [e-mail] on 3025, and moving "dogfood"
keyword to 3025.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 3025 ***

Comment 7

[Eli Goldberg]

Sarah, I believe this falls in your area. Punt back if ya don't agree. Thanks!

Comment 8

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

yup, no prob. tis a dup anyhow. :-)

Comment 9

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by ffxbld-merge:
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/c54605f017fc
[fenix] For https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/24908 - Reverse the chevrons direction in ExpandableListHeader