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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0017732 | Scribus | Usability | public | 2026-01-25 04:50 | 2026-01-26 09:54 |
| Reporter | Danny Stevens | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | have not tried |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 1.6.5 | ||||
| Summary | 0017732: Feature Request: File Picker: Ability to type or paste directory path | ||||
| Description | In the file picker there is a drop down with a select few file paths. Most modern pickers allow a file path to be typed or pasted to the dialog. e.g. "C:\Users\danny\Documents". This saves a lot of time, especially when performing repetitive tasks or having navigated in the finder t that location already. | ||||
| Tags | file | ||||
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| Patch | No | ||||
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Additionally the picker should remember its last open location and provide a list of recent directories to choose from. |
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Hi Danny, Browse to the desired folder, then drag the folder name from the right panel to the "Look in" area in the left panel. |
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Thanks Peter Benedek, I see I can also drag from the finder to the look in panel. This behaviour is very non obvious. I'll spend some time seeing if I can think of an improvement to the UX. For now I guess this issue is closed. |
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"This behaviour is very non obvious." Scribus is a cross-platform application. This window is completely natural on the KDE interface. |
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"This window is completely natural on the KDE interface." All behaviour UX is natural to people who already know the standards. The trick is to know how to make it obvious to someone who stumbles on to it without that context. Anyway, how do we close the issue? |
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Don't worry, it will be closed. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2026-01-25 04:50 | Danny Stevens | New Issue | |
| 2026-01-25 04:50 | Danny Stevens | Tag Attached: file | |
| 2026-01-25 04:50 | Danny Stevens | File Added: StandardModernFilePicker.jpg | |
| 2026-01-25 04:50 | Danny Stevens | File Added: CurrentScribusFilePicker.jpg | |
| 2026-01-25 04:51 | Danny Stevens | Note Added: 0053425 | |
| 2026-01-25 15:36 | PeterBenedek | Note Added: 0053429 | |
| 2026-01-26 00:36 | Danny Stevens | Note Added: 0053430 | |
| 2026-01-26 07:20 | PeterBenedek | Note Added: 0053431 | |
| 2026-01-26 08:42 | Danny Stevens | Note Added: 0053432 | |
| 2026-01-26 09:54 | PeterBenedek | Note Added: 0053433 |