FF3 Gripe

delite · 02-11-2009, 10:44 AM

Hi, this isn't much but it's annoying me.

Can anyone please tell me how to set FF3 so that when I click 'Create Folder' (when saving a file) that it automatically opens the new folder, not to create the folder and dump it alphabetically (esp. if it's out of view).

Cheers.

Dankles · 02-11-2009, 11:23 AM

The problem with that is that you first need to rename the folder after you hit "create folder" so I really don't think it's possible anyways. does it behave the way you want in other applications?

delite · 02-11-2009, 01:35 PM

eh?

Yes it prompts me to name the folder. But upon pressing return it reorders the list, hence losing focus, but then doesn't re-select the new folder (so can't press return again to enter).

Especially when using a web browser to save a file, if you create a new folder, you're 99% likely that you'll want to descend into it. (it's not like win where you can move, del, rename, etc...)

Initially I thought that gedit handled it the old way (hence the ff gripe), but i've just tested and it did the same. I made a folder called xyz, and it disappeared at least 10 below the horizon, and when I pressed return twice, it saved the file in the home directory (yes, the wrong place). So, I suppose it might be a GTK issue, even if just at the config level (yes i'd checked about:config before starting this).

TBC...

Dankles · 02-11-2009, 02:00 PM

No, I didn't think it was a firefox problem either. You might have some luck with "gconf-editor"... though I looked for myself under the nautilus config and couldn't find anything...
If you do find a solution to this, I'd be interested to know.

farslayer · 02-11-2009, 02:10 PM

OK so I download a file, click Save, create a folder, change the name and it immediately puts me insde the folder to save my file..

I am not getting the same issue as you are describing.

Debian / Gnome / Firefox 3.0.6

mrclisdue · 02-11-2009, 03:14 PM

Same behaviour as farslayer.

Slackware / Fluxbox / FF 3.0.6

cheers,

Dankles · 02-11-2009, 03:27 PM

@delite:
Are you running ubuntu 8.10?
I found a bug reported here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtk/+bug/293767

I'm running ubuntu 8.10 and the same thing happens to me. But on my slackbox I have no problems.
Sorry this isn't a solution, but at least you can know the source of the problem isn't just you.