Bug 142900

Summary: File dialogue uses inconsistent, old-style filter
Product: [Unmaintained] kfile Reporter: David Anderson <david>
Component: generalAssignee: kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: coates, dpalacio, maarizwan
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 4.7
Sentry Crash Report:

Description David Anderson 2007-03-13 06:40:07 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

The file dialogue in KDE has a filter. This filter requires you to type in a glob (e.g. *.png) , and press Return to activate it.

Everywhere else on the desktop (e.g. dolphin, kmail), filters are instant and are partial matches. These are more user-friendly (they don't require to know globs, and they update instantly).

The file dialogue should update to use this kind of filter.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2009-08-27 02:37:31 UTC 
Moving from "kio/kfile" component to "kfile" product, helps sorting out duplicates.
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2010-02-02 03:09:15 UTC 
*** Bug 225224 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2010-06-23 03:17:18 UTC 
*** Bug 242524 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***