User Experience/Projects/FileDialogs
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File Open/Save/Insert Dialogs
OOo provides own file open, save and insert dialogs. Those dialogs are available on all platforms. These dialogs allow OOo to load/save files using different protocols like WebDav. This does not work with system dialogs due to limitations of these dialogs.
File Open
- Buttons
- Back button with history
- Up one level
- New folder
- Organize
- New folder
- On/off Places
- On/off Previe
- Rename
- Delete
- Cut/Copy/Paste (?)
- ...
- Places
- Can be turned off (default on).
- List can be vertically resized.
- List is not hierarchical.
- Dynamic button height to get larger buttons, in case of only a few places are shown. (easier to hit)
- Path shows icon of current place and a drop down with a list of all available places. (show only if places are hidden?)
- Content:
- Recent documents (complete list)
- Recent places (?)
- Standard places of the current platform
- plus additional ones (i.e. configured by extensions)
New dialog supports places. Places are links to folders on the local or a remote systems (i.e. via WebDav). This allows an easy access to all these places in OOo.
Without Preview
With Preview
Small Version (Scaled)
Dialog can be scaled down to 600*400 pixel. Places can be hidden.