| From: | Olaf Barthel |
| Date: | 25 Aug 2000 at 11:26:18 |
| Subject: | Re: ASL requester problem (bug?) in 3.5 |
On Aug 25 Paul (Paul Huxham) wrote:
> I have noticed an inconsistency with the new asl requester in 3.5.
>
> If you start using the cursor keys (up and down) to select an entry
> while the list is loading, and then decide to type in a new name
> manually into the filename string gadget (either after the list has
> finished loading or during), the asl requester selects (and returns
> to the caller) the entry that was previously 'cursored' onto, NOT the
> entry that is displayed in the string gadget.
>
> If find this problematic as quite often I am loading files while
> compiling. Due to the large amount of CPU being eaten by the compiler
> the list loads slowly (Im not complaining about that :-) and if I use
> the cursor keys, the above mentioned problems occur. I am loading the
> files into Ced.
>
> Anyone else notice or experience this behaviour? I am not running any
> requester patches.
This is an unfortunate design flaw of the requester which I didn't
find a good way to work around. Problem is that the requester can allow
you to select multiple files using the mouse *and* allow you to type the
name of the file to be selected at the same time. And with that requester
type, the name selected from the list takes precedence over the name you
typed.