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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: baz on January 03, 2010, 06:28:05 PM

Title: What is the file manager that shows up when you click "browse" on a webpage?
Post by: baz on January 03, 2010, 06:28:05 PM

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?

Title: Re: What is the file manager that shows up when you click "browse" on a webpage?
Post by: althalus on January 03, 2010, 06:32:55 PM

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)

Title: Re: What is the file manager that shows up when you click "browse" on a webpage?
Post by: baz on January 03, 2010, 06:51:14 PM

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:

(http://imagebin.ca/view/c7UqpARc.html)
(http://imagebin.ca/view/QkN2yf.html)

Title: Re: What is the file manager that shows up when you click "browse" on a webpage?
Post by: baz on January 03, 2010, 06:53:13 PM

Hmm, the img /img tag didn't seem to work. They are attached.

Title: Re: What is the file manager that shows up when you click "browse" on a webpage?
Post by: ^thehatsrule^ on January 03, 2010, 07:13:41 PM

Opera uses QT while those others uses GTK(2)

Title: Re: What is the file manager that shows up when you click "browse" on a webpage?
Post by: Jason W on January 03, 2010, 07:23:00 PM

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.

Title: Re: What is the file manager that shows up when you click "browse" on a webpage?
Post by: baz on January 03, 2010, 08:56:45 PM

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.

Title: Re: What is the file manager that shows up when you click "browse" on a webpage?
Post by: bmarkus on January 04, 2010, 01:29:45 AM

Quote from: baz on January 03, 2010, 08:56:45 PM

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

(http://tc.hasix.org/scrcap/pcmanfm_1.png)

Title: Re: What is the file manager that shows up when you click "browse" on a webpage?
Post by: baz on January 04, 2010, 01:38:18 AM

HACKER!!!

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

Title: Re: What is the file manager that shows up when you click "browse" on a webpage?
Post by: bmarkus on January 04, 2010, 02:10:17 AM

Quote from: baz on January 04, 2010, 01:38:18 AM

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