Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: panel in open and save as dialogues

I just noticed in my dolphin at top right settings I can show tree view.
Steve

On 2014-09-28 04:38, John King wrote:
> On 27/09/14 16:00, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote:
> > Le 27/09/2014 11:19, John King a écrit :
> > > Libreoffice 4.2 and 4.3 on opensuse and xubuntu
> > >
> > > The left hand panel in the 'open' and 'save as' dialogues shows 
> > > 'Places'
> > This is a LibreOffice dialog, an alternative to the system dialogs.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but No, this is the system dialogue. The 
> libreoffice dialogue selection in Tools-Options-General is unchecked. 
> My left hand panel is headed 'Places', and underneath is listed 
> Search, Recently used, what looks like various devices, and then 
> places that I've defined. The "+" and "-" buttons only operate on the 
> places section.
>
> If I select to use libreoffice dialogues, then I only see places I've 
> defined, which are not necessarily the same as the ones defined in the 
> system dialogue.
> > > Is it possible to change this to show the folder/directory tree 
> > > instead,
> > > as in dolphin and nautilus?
> > Yes, it is.
> >
> > Go to the Tools > Options menu then LibreOffice > General. Uncheck the
> > "Use LibreOffice dialogs" checkbox.
>
> See above comment
>
> > > It would make it much easier to navigate
> > > through several layers of folders.
> > Yes, perhaps. Note that the LibreOffice dialogs are (IMO) providing a
> > better UI: the Places thingy allows to always have the more often used
> > directories at hand (too bad they are not sorted), which is a PITA when
> > using the native dialogs. Second, the LO dialogs provide a Connect to
> > server button (the three dotted button, top right) which makes very easy
> > to connect to... well... a server :)
> >
> > To add or delete an often used directory to the Places list, just use
> > the "+" and "-" buttons at the bottom.
> >
> > HTH,
> I agree that the libreoffice dialogues are very useful for connecting 
> across the network, and I use them extensively for that. However, I 
> would like the option of being able to move up/down a directory tree 
> rather than having to do multiple clicking to search through one 
> directory layer at a time.
>
>
> John


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