On windows, only folders show. On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Hi Tiemo, > > I'm not sure which OS you're looking at (or which version of LC). > > On MacOS, I'm not seeing the behaviour you describe: for me, "answer > folder" brings up a file selector and as I navigate, I see all the contents > of folders as normal, with all the files greyed out, so that only folders > can be selected - which would seem to be the expected behaviour. > > I'm currently working on LC 8.1.3, but I think this is the behaviour I > usually see. But I'm usually working on Mac, so not sure what happens on > Windows or Linux. > > Ben > > On 13/03/2017 14:50, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: > >> It sounds like an OS thing. It isn't often that users are asked to select >> a folder instead of a file. You can try ask file instead. >> >> Bob S >> >> >> On Mar 13, 2017, at 07:20 , Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode < >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> >>> >>> the user shall select a folder, which includes certain files. When using >>> "answer folder" the LiveCode dialog lets select the folder and returns >>> the >>> path, but without showing it's content, while navigating. That puzzles >>> sometimes my customers, because it looks like the folder is empty and it >>> might not be the correct folder. >>> >>> I am not sure, if this behavior of the answer dialog is "standard" at >>> other >>> programs and it just looks strange to me, or if there is another >>> approach to >>> let the user select a folder while showing it's content? I could >>> workaround >>> with "answer file", but that could puzzle again the user, because he >>> can't >>> select a folder and must select a file to return from the dialog. >>> >>> How is this UI issue handled correctly? >>> >>> Tiemo >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
