Re: NSSavePanel panel:shouldShowFilename:
Re: NSSavePanel panel:shouldShowFilename:
- Subject: Re: NSSavePanel panel:shouldShowFilename:
- From: Corbin Dunn <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:42:38 -0800
On Nov 15, 2010, at 7:57 PM, Leo wrote:
> From: Quincey Morris <email@hidden>
>
>> a number of system extensions (like Default Folder, but I think that wasn't
>> the first) added the ability to option-click on a disabled item to prefill the
>> text field with an existing name,
>
>> At some point (possibly Mac OS X 10.0), Apple quietly adopted this very useful
>> convention.
>
> I once submitted a request to Apple, maybe I'm in minority, but I hope this
> behavior will be optional one day. Like Opt-click would be perfect.
>
> I worked at a major ad agency for several years, and this behavior caused
> major problems, misunderstandings and loss of time.
>
> Most of the time, people click on the file list occasionally (maybe to
> type-scroll to desired folder), the file gets "quietly" renamed, you save it
> - and can never find it because it was saved under a name you never wanted
> or thought about.
>
> I had myself to cancel the Save dialog countless times to avoid saving files
> under unwanted names.
Undo works to undo the change.
corbin
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