"Open-dialog" as an object palette?

Guest · Postby **Guest** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:43 am

Hi, all. In the official Tricks and Tricks (
http://www.inkscape.org/doc/tips/tutorial-tips.html"font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">Open dialog as an object palette

If you have a number of small SVG files whose contents you often reuse
in other documents, you can conveniently use the Open dialog as a
palette. Add the directory with your SVG sources into the bookmarks
list so you can open it quickly. Then browse that directory looking at
the previews. Once you found the file you need, simply drag it to the
canvas and it will be imported into your current document. "

Do anyone have any ideas? Was this function simply removed from Inkscape? :cry:

Thanks

,

Jimmy Volatile

Postby **prkos** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:21 am

I can see how this can be confusing, maybe that text should be rewritten or a screenshot added.

I guess the confusing part for you is "palette". To get the Open dialogue just click on the Open icon on the toolbar or go to File > Open. You will get a window to browse for files, just like when you want to open an existing file. The thing that kinda makes it like a palette is the fact that you keep that window open the whole time, so you have Inkscape window and Open window at the side and you can drag the files from it to Inkscape window.

I don't remember how bookmarks work under windows, I think you create shortcuts in your My documents, under Linux you create favorites by dragging folders to the left panel.

Postby **microUgly** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:54 pm

prkos wrote:I don't remember how bookmarks work under windows, I think you create shortcuts in your My documents, under Linux you create favorites by dragging folders to the left panel.

In 0.46, Windows users get the same Open dialog as Linux. But the last build of 0.47 that I downloaded (which was many weeks ago now) uses the standard Windows dialog (which is unfortunate IMO).

Guest · Postby **Guest** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:29 am

Wow! I had no idea.

Thanks!

I thought "palette" meant that it would behave like the other dockable dialogs for stroke and fill and so on and so I kept searching for that magic "Open-dialog as palette" menu option.

Simply rephrasing the headline to "Use the Open File-dialog as an object palette" or and rephrase the paragraph as marked below in the text would at least make me understand the point.

"If you have a number of small SVG files whose contents you often reuse
in other documents, you can conveniently use the Open File-dialog as a
palette and drag files from it to the canvas. Add the directory with your SVG sources into the bookmarks
list so you can open it quickly. Then browse that directory looking at
the previews. Once you found the file you need, simply drag it to the
canvas and it will be imported into your current document."

Sorry for being so daft. :oops:

I'll try to figure out how to get the change into svn now (or, alternatively, find out who can).

Thanks again

. Really.

ErikTiePie · Postby **ErikTiePie** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:32 pm

Off topic:

microUgly wrote:.... But the last build of 0.47 that I downloaded (which was many weeks ago now) uses the standard Windows dialog (which is unfortunate IMO).

I tend to disagree with you on that.

I'm a Windows user.

When I started using Inkscape, not too long ago, I found many of the dialogs confusing, as they were not the standard windows dialogs. They don't always give the same functionality, they look different and buttons are ordered in a different way.

I was glad to see the standard windows dialogs appear when I had downloaded a dev version recently.

I think it's important that a multi platform application as Inkscape uses OS standard dialogs, in order not to confuse the users. They expect a dialog to have a certain look and expect certain buttons (like e.g. OK, Cancel, Apply, etc. in a specific location, because they are at that location in all other applications they use.

I do not intend to discuss whether the Linux style dialogs are better than the Windows style dialogs, it's just that I think that an application running on Windows should use Windows style dialogs and an application running on Linux should use Linux style dialogs.

Postby **microUgly** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:55 pm

Off topic:

ErikTiePie wrote:I do not intend to discuss whether the Linux style dialogs are better than the Windows style dialogs, it's just that I think that an application running on Windows should use Windows style dialogs and an application running on Linux should use Linux style dialogs.

I don't disagree with that at all. I prefer the original dialog which is why I'm sorry to see it go, but you are correct that an application should use the OS default if it doesn't wish to alienate users.

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