Whoops, meant for this to go to the list: On Jun 24, 2016, at 6:22 PM, Martin Wierschin <mar...@nisus.com> wrote: > >>> It almost looks like the ability to pre-select a file was deliberately >>> removed from the NSOpenPanel API. > > > Whatever the reason for removing this feature from NSOpenPanel, it’s a > nuisance for users. There are many good reasons for wanting to pre-select a > particular file when presenting an open dialog to the user. Without this > feature the user has to scroll though a potentially large file list looking > for the right entry, one whose name may not be familiar to the user. > > If this change was made in the interest of security and sandboxing, how about > just exposing an API that allows an app to select a file for which the app > already has security-scoped bookmark data? That doesn’t cover all the use > cases, but it would at least improve the user experience when the user needs > to validate or change an existing preference.
Indeed, the reason I want to pre-select is to highlight an existing preference. Earlier I was trying to remember the last time I saw an app pre-select a file. Your mention of the user preference use case jogged my memory. I can think of a couple of apps that *don't* pre-select a file that was previously specified as a user preference. I was surprised, because the apps are otherwise very well thought out. Now I see the reason must be this limitation of NSOpenPanel. > I filed a radar on this issue forever ago and naturally it was closed as a > duplicate. As everyone says, maybe file your own radar report to register a > vote with Apple. Though considering how long this functionality has gone > missing, I doubt we’ll see any changes– especially if Apple considers this > any kind of security risk. I'm pessimistic too, but if I ever get around to filing a radar I'll let you know. --Andy _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
