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Offline baz

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If you have a stock TC and only install a browser then click "browse" on a webpage, some sort of file selection utility pops up - what is that?

Offline althalus

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I'm not sure I understand what you're talking about, but if I understand correctly, then it will probably be a widget built into the development toolkit used by the browser (eg, GTK1/2, QT, KDE)

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Oh ok, makes sense. What's interesting is that Chrome's and Firefox's are identical - so I thought they were built in to the OS somehow, but Opera is different. These widgets actually have a "Places" section that shows all current mounts, which I actually miss in PCMANFM. Here are screenshots of what I was talking about:






Offline baz

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Hmm, the img /img tag didn't seem to work. They are attached.
« Last Edit: March 28, 2023, 12:52:53 AM by Rich »

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Opera uses QT while those others uses GTK(2)

Offline Jason W

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What you are seeing is the native file selection utility for QT and gtk2.  It is the same used for all apps that use those toolkits.

Offline baz

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It is a bit less obvious in the screenshots that I posted because it is using a fresh TC install - but you will still see a section in the left-pane with the available mounts, and in my previous TC install where I had NFS drives mounted it showed those as well too, along with convenient shortcuts, recent places, etc. - very similar to "Places" in Nautilus. PCMANFM doesn't seem have that side-bar area.

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PCMANFM doesn't seem have that side-bar area.


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HACKER!!!

Just kidding... so... ummm... how was your new year? Fine I hope - oh incidentally - HOW DID YOU DO THAT?

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HACKER!!!

Just kidding... so... ummm... how was your new year? Fine I hope - oh incidentally - HOW DID YOU DO THAT?

New year: thanks, fine :)

Pcmanfm: just opened it in the LXDE menu, System Tools
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