Open Bug 448148 Opened 16 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Print to File provides no way to select a pre-existing filename.

Categories

(Core :: Printing: Setup, defect)

1.9.0 Branch
x86
Linux
defect

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People

(Reporter: jlbec, Unassigned)

References

(Depends on 1 open bug)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008071618 Iceweasel/3.0.1 (Debian-3.0.1-1)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008071618 Iceweasel/3.0.1 (Debian-3.0.1-1)

The new Print dialog is actually quite nice.  I like the way "Print to File" is a proper peer of other printers.  It took me a second to figure out how to print in another directory, but now I'm just used to clicking "Other" every time.

However, there is no way to select a pre-existing file.  When I'm printing something I often print (eg, a monthly statement), I want to give it the same name as last time, but with a different date.  I don't want 35 slightly-different names.

In Firefox 2, I'd just select last month's file, then change the date.  Easy!  In Firefox 3, I have to open up a shell and ls(1) the directory, or I have to open up a file browser from the desktop and navigate there so I can copy the name.  Either way, why should I have to leave Firefox?

The solution is not complicated.  FF3 could provide a pop-out to a real file selector, or it could even just do tab completion.  Whatever.  The code is certainly in FF already :-)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. File->Print
2. Select "Print to File"
3. Try to select a pre-existing filename, but you can't because it's a plain entry.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Version: unspecified → 3.0 Branch
Perfect. Really a nice feature lost moving from FF2 to FF3.
Related: bug 454003 - The new "Print to file" dialog does not remember the directory.
I'd like to see this and 454003 (almost the same thing) fixed.  It's my #1 peeve with Firefox - and FF is my browser of choice.
Depends on: 867544
Blocks: 193001
Component: General → Printing: Setup
Product: Firefox → Core
Version: 3.0 Branch → 1.9.0 Branch
Severity: normal → S3
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