[Paraview] Standard OpenFile Dialogs

[Moreland, Kenneth]

Jens,

The ParaView 3 development team deliberated heavily over whether to use
the native file dialog box.  Ultimately we decided to use our own file
dialog box.  Part of the reason is to maintain consistency when browsing
local files and when browsing remote files in client/server mode (in
which case there is no native file dialog box available).  But the major
reason for using our own is to be able to resolve file names before
displaying them.  For example, if you load a file that has extensions
that form part of a sequence (e.g. filename.00, filename.01,
filename.02, etc.) then the reader (typically) treats them as group of
files containing a single data set.  To help with the file browsing,
ParaView's browser will collect all the files in the sequence and show
them as a single file, which is logically how they will be read.  There
is no way to implement this using the native file dialog.

We have worked hard to mimic all the nice features of the Windows native
file dialog.  The ability to type in a directory is already there.  Just
type the directory in the "File name" line edit and hit enter.  That
works about the same as the Windows version.

If you feel there is something else important that is missing, feel free
to submit a bug.

-Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: paraview-bounces+kmorel=sandia.gov at paraview.org
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> bounces+kmorel=sandia.gov at paraview.org] On Behalf Of Jens
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 2:24 AM
> To: paraview at paraview.org
> Subject: [Paraview] Standard OpenFile Dialogs
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just started using ParaView and would like to help. Open "problem" I
> came along were the openfile-dialogs.
> 
> There are nice openFile-dialogs in Qt. Depending on the
operating-system
> they use the native openfile-dialogs the user ist used to. I would
like
> to see ParaView3 using this default Qt-openfile-dialogs
> (QFileDialog::getOpenFileName()).
> 
> Right now I miss the possibility to write the directory-path in the
> combobox using the keyboard instead clicking. Also it is not possible
to
> change the type of view or delete directories/files.
> 
> Thanks for this great software...!
> 
> Greetings
> Jens
> 
> 
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