Revision as of 08:56, 9 November 2010

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 (?)
    • ...

• View Options
  • List view
  • Thumbnails (?)
  • Preview on/off
  • Places on/off

• Places
  • Can be turned off (default on).
  • List can be vertically resized.
  • List is not hierarchical. (or should we provide 2 Levels, i.e. for Mac?)
  • Icons are taken from the system.
  • 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)
    • add own places by user via GUI?

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.

File Save

Insert File

Same dialog as shown in 'Open' section, with 'Insert' instead of open button.

Insert Picture