89321 - native windows filepicker doesn't persist its location

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: XUL, enhancement)

Description

[Chad Austin]

1)  File | Open File
2)  Move window to somewhere else on the screen
3)  Click cancel
4)  File | Open File

Actual results:
Filepicker appears in the same place as it did the first time.

Expected results:
Filepicker appears in the location you place where you left it.

Comment 1

[John Morrison]

A certain Microsoft browser doesn't do this :-] (although Office 97 does).

Comment 2

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Windows dialogs typically open
a) at a fixed offset from their parent.
b) centered on their parent.
c) centered on the screen.
Is this some whizzy new W2K thing?
[I notice that in W2K even Notepad persists its location. Ugh.]

Comment 3

[Chad Austin]

Win2K does all sorts of weird things with the file dialogs.  If you don't
specify an initial path, it automatically goes to the one you were at last in
this particular program.

Anyhow, the reason I filed this bug is that having the file picker always show
up in the very upper-left corner of the Mozilla window feels a little
unprofessional.  (Lots of programs have similar behavior, however)
I'd assign it to myself, but I don't know when I'll have some free time.  Fixing
this bug basically requires writing a window hook for the file picker dialog.

Comment 4

[Chad Austin]

An alternative is to display the FilePicker in the center of the parent window, 
a la Netscape 4.

Comment 5

[Chad Austin]

Changed my mind.  Bug 92861 replaces this one.

Comment 6

[Chad Austin]

wontfix

Comment 7

[John Morrison]

May God have mercy on us all. The 212 bug spam-o-rama is Now!