Why did Add Existing Files Dialog UI change? - Page 3

Vanguard3000 · Yesterday, 12:00 PM

I'm okay with the new dialog overall, despite a bit of getting used to; if it means a more consistent experience cross-platform then that's excellent. And the quick access bar is a lot nicer feature over Window's pinned folders in a Sigil/epub editing context.

As Stasia mentioned earlier, the big issue is that there doesn't seem to be an option to view thumbnails for images. I often find myself editing image-heavy books, where the images aren't really named anything recognizable, so it often helps to see a preview of the image.

KevinH · Yesterday, 02:36 PM

I already have a new PreviewFileDialog class that inherits from QFileDialog and adds a thumbnail side panel for images. I am thinking of how best for it to default to full native filedialogs if that option is set or creating a non-native one with the extra panel otherwise. Still very much in development and on the drawing board.

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Yesterday, 12:00 PM	#31
Vanguard3000 Groupie Posts: 169 Karma: 474196 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra 2	I'm okay with the new dialog overall, despite a bit of getting used to; if it means a more consistent experience cross-platform then that's excellent. And the quick access bar is a lot nicer feature over Window's pinned folders in a Sigil/epub editing context. As Stasia mentioned earlier, the big issue is that there doesn't seem to be an option to view thumbnails for images. I often find myself editing image-heavy books, where the images aren't really named anything recognizable, so it often helps to see a preview of the image.

Yesterday, 02:36 PM	#32
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,817 Karma: 6000000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	I already have a new PreviewFileDialog class that inherits from QFileDialog and adds a thumbnail side panel for images. I am thinking of how best for it to default to full native filedialogs if that option is set or creating a non-native one with the extra panel otherwise. Still very much in development and on the drawing board.

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