Bug 439362 - Consider always using native file dialog on Windows
Summary: Consider always using native file dialog on Windows
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: krita
Classification: Applications
Component: Usability (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: git master (please specify the git hash!)
Platform: Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows
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Assignee: Krita Bugs
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Reported: 2021-07-01 08:27 UTC by Alvin Wong
Modified: 2021-12-16 09:06 UTC (History)
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Description Alvin Wong 2021-07-01 08:27:06 UTC 
The Qt built-in file dialog seems to be causing some confusion to long-time users who have "native file dialogs" set to disabled in their config, probably from a few years ago. The Windows native file dialog can show thumbnail preview as file icons thanks to the shell extension (not just the preview pane on the side like in the Qt one), and it brings a better user experience without notable drawbacks.

I would suggest to hide the "Enable native file dialogs" option for Windows and have it ignore the config value there, if there isn't any known blocking issues with it.
Comment 1 Tiar 2021-08-22 22:28:40 UTC 
I think it would need a discussion with other artists first...
Comment 2 Halla Rempt 2021-12-16 09:06:55 UTC 
I think we can do this after 5.0, but we should take care that it's documented that this option is hidden on Windows.