Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Paul Hartman
> <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Paul Hartman wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:43 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure if the gtk+ update is relevant here but it was the only
>>>>> thing I could find that was recently upgraded that may fit.  It used to
>>>>> be that if I was saving a file, picture or attachment in Seamonkey and
>>>>> created a new folder, it would enter the new folder when I created it
>>>>> without me having to double click it.  Right now, I right click and
>>>>> select 'save file as' or 'save image as' and a pop up appears as usual.
>>>>> I then click 'create folder' and it makes a space in the directory for
>>>>> me to type in the name.  I do that then hit return and it creates the
>>>>> new folder but leaves me in the old folder that I was just in.  Example,
>>>>> I'm in /home/dale/Desktop and ask it to create /home/dale/Desktop/foo,
>>>>> the old way puts me in the foo directory.  The new way leaves me in
>>>>> /home/dale/Desktop.  I then have to double click the foo entry to enter
>>>>> it to save my file.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm so used to the old way that I sometimes forget and end up with a lot
>>>>> of stuff on my desktop with no idea sometimes what folder it should be in.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a list of the packages that were upgraded according to genlop:
>>>>>
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 04:58:16 2009 >>> sys-apps/portage-2.2_rc26
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 04:58:16 2009 >>> sys-apps/portage-2.2_rc26
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 04:58:51 2009 >>> gnome-base/gnome-common-2.24.0
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:03:58 2009 >>> dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.3
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:04:53 2009 >>> dev-libs/libgamin-0.1.10-r2
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:06:06 2009 >>> media-libs/audiofile-0.2.6-r4
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:07:19 2009 >>> x11-libs/pixman-0.12.0
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:08:56 2009 >>> x11-libs/cairo-1.8.6-r1
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:10:24 2009 >>> dev-java/gjdoc-0.7.9-r1
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:11:22 2009 >>> app-text/iso-codes-3.6
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:11:34 2009 >>> x11-misc/icon-naming-utils-0.8.7
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:13:18 2009 >>> x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme-2.24.0
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:18:05 2009 >>> dev-libs/glib-2.18.4-r1
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:20:26 2009 >>> x11-libs/pango-1.22.4
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:20:59 2009 >>> dev-libs/atk-1.24.0
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:22:17 2009 >>> net-libs/libsoup-2.24.3
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:23:10 2009 >>> dev-libs/libcroco-0.6.2
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:24:20 2009 >>> dev-python/pygobject-2.16.1
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:40:42 2009 >>> x11-libs/gtk+-2.14.7-r2
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:42:35 2009 >>> gnome-base/gconf-2.24.0
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:42:46 2009 >>> gnome-base/gail-1000
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:44:10 2009 >>> x11-libs/libwnck-2.24.2
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:45:49 2009 >>> gnome-base/gnome-keyring-2.22.3-r1
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:48:19 2009 >>> dev-python/pygtk-2.14.0
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:49:32 2009 >>> gnome-extra/libgsf-1.14.11
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:51:12 2009 >>> gnome-base/librsvg-2.22.3
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:56:03 2009 >>> gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.24.0
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 05:57:01 2009 >>> gnome-base/libgnome-2.24.1
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 06:00:45 2009 >>> gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.24.0
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 06:03:40 2009 >>> gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.24.0
>>>>>     Fri Mar 20 06:14:03 2009 >>>
>>>>> gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-2.24.5-r2
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this because of the gtk+ upgrade?  If not, any idea what could cause
>>>>> this?  If it is the upgrade, how do I go back to the old way when it
>>>>> goes into the folder automatically?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for any ideas you may have.
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Have you changed GTK themes lately? I know some behaviors and button
>>>> layouts can be affected by it. I recently changed mine, and the order
>>>> of "cancel" and "overwrite" in the "This file already exists" dialog
>>>> box was reversed when compared to the old theme. I think I have clied
>>>> the wrong one about 90% of the time so far.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Well, I don't know how to change GTK themes so I would most likely think
>>> I have not changed it.  How does one check into this?  I'm thinking
>>> about going back one version of gtk to see if it goes back to the old
>>> way.  I seem to have read somewhere that Seamonkey uses gtk for those
>>> windows tho.
>>>       
>> In KDE there's an option in the control panel to change the GTK theme.
>> If you use something else, I believe you can emerge gtk-theme-switch.
>> Also try to search portage for packages beginning with "gtk-engines"
>> (and perhaps emerge the package "gtk-engines" itself). I recently
>> switched from gtk-engines-qt, which uses my KDE theme (poorly), to
>> gtk-engines-qtcurve, which looks quite nice and fits in well enough
>> with the default KDE4 theme, other than the backwards button
>> placement.
>>
>>     
>
> Oops, i meant I had been using gtk-engines-kde4 not gtk-engines-qt
>
>
>   

I went to the KDE control center, I haven't been in there in ages.  I
think there is something different with the new version of gtk or
something.  I haven't changed anything else in a long while.  Sort of
got everything like I want it until now anyway.

I may try going back to the old version to test this theory.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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