Hi developers,

I would love to see the GIMP open file explorer updated to allow multiple thumbnail view; unlike the current explorer where I have to know the name of the file and click it to view it's thumbnail.

In Krita 2.8.2, images in a selected directory are displayed as thumbnails immediately you navigate to that directory. So if I do not know the name of a file I can choose it based on its content as seen from a thumbnail among other thumbnails, than clicking each file through the list of files as in GIMP.

I hope this is a usability issue that can be resolved in the earliest possible time.

Regards.

Joseph

Hi Patrick

You wrote > This is how my system works unless the image is larger that my preview settings.

Exactly my point. This limitation does not seem to exist in Krita.

You wrote >You are missing something ???

YES I am.

Apparently, Krita opens files using the standard open file dialogue of the user's operating system. IMHO, this is the way to go.

Did you even compare the Gimp's open file explorer with that of Krita? If not I challenge you to do so and see for your self than to believe they are the same. See attachment if you can.

Joseph

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* Joseph Bupe [10-29-14 20:34]:

I would love to see the GIMP open file explorer

er, "file exploder" ??? rather dolphin or krusader or ...

updated to allow multiple thumbnail view; unlike the current explorer where I have to know the name of the file and click it to view it's thumbnail.

Why want somthing you already have? This is how my system works unless the image is larger that my preview settings.

In Krita 2.8.2, images in a selected directory are displayed as

thumbnails

immediately you navigate to that directory. So if I do not know the name

of

a file I can choose it based on its content as seen from a thumbnail

among

other thumbnails, than clicking each file through the list of files as in GIMP.

I hope this is a usability issue that can be resolved in the earliest possible time.

You are missing something ???

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I am now beginning to understand things here.

Maybe as Alex pointed out, we wait for GTK+3 port.

Thanx.

Joseph

On 30 October 2014 11:27, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

On Thu, 30 Oct 2014, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:

30 . 2014 . 3:32 "Joseph Bupe"

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Hi developers,

I would love to see the GIMP open file explorer updated to allow multiple thumbnail view; unlike the current explorer where I have to know the name of the file and click it to view it's thumbnail.

Joseph,

As Michael pointed out, this isn't exactly GIMP's file explorer. So your request, while understandable, is somewhat misplaced.

Just a little background from the way Krita is wrestling with file dialogs... Qt supports using the platform file dialogs, actually using the GTK file dialog (not a rewritten look-alike) on Gnome, Unity or Mate, the OSX one on OSX, the Windows one on Windows, the KDE one on KDE, using two different api's. And a Qt one when Qt cannot figure out where the applicatiion is running.

This means having eight different sets of bugs and missing features, ranging from weird hangs when the application has something on the clipboard and the GTK file dialog opens, to the OSX file dialog selecting the wrong file type in the type dropdown if there are file types with more than one standard extensions.

We might have previews on some platforms, but we also have pain on most. I must have spent more than forty hours fighting those issues, for very little real gain. If I were a user, I'd use an application like gwenview or the platform equivalent on a second monitor to manage my images and D&D the images.

Boudewijn

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n 30 October 2014 14:41, Paka wrote:

* Joseph Bupe [10-30-14 03:23]:

On 30 October 2014 02:39, Paka wrote:

* Joseph Bupe [10-29-14 20:34]:

I would love to see the GIMP open file explorer

er, "file exploder" ??? rather dolphin or krusader or ...

updated to allow multiple thumbnail view; unlike the current explorer where I have to know the name of the file and click it to view it's thumbnail.

Why want somthing you already have? This is how my system works unless the image is larger that my preview settings.

In Krita 2.8.2, images in a selected directory are displayed as

thumbnails

immediately you navigate to that directory. So if I do not know the

name

of

a file I can choose it based on its content as seen from a thumbnail

among

other thumbnails, than clicking each file through the list of files

as in

GIMP.

I hope this is a usability issue that can be resolved in the earliest possible time.

You are missing something ???

Hi Patrick

You wrote > This is how my system works unless the image is larger that

my

preview settings.

so change the preview setting, duh ????

Exactly my point. This limitation does not seem to exist in Krita.

but you are in control, change it.

You wrote >You are missing something ???

YES I am.

Apparently, Krita opens files using the standard open file dialogue of the user's operating system. IMHO, this is the way to go.

And the operating system is chosen by ... hint, you.

Did you even compare the Gimp's open file explorer with that of Krita? If not I challenge you to do so and see for your self than to believe they are the same. See attachment if you can.

On my system they are quite similar. Attachments aren't allowed here.

ps: Your quoting style is quite difficult besides answering questions before they are asked and including sigs and other irrelevant data. Some consideration is expected. One would think a "computer professional" as your sig indicates, would know better. TOFU ps2: I cleaned it up for you. :^(

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I am satisfied with the response given by Alex. Perhaps we wait for GTK+3 implementation.

Cheers.

Joseph