Arduino IDE: Use native file selection dialogs from KDE/Gnome [imported]

[cmaglie]

This is Issue 559 moved from a Google Code project.
Added by 2011-06-12T18:57:18.000Z by Atalantt...@gmail.com.
Please review that bug for more context and additional comments, but update this bug.

Original labels: Type-Enhancement, Priority-Medium

Original description

Hi

The Arduino IDE has a small usability problem on (K)ubuntu.
The Arduino IDE (v0022) uses its own open/save dialog box, which is quite rudimentary compared to the file selection dialogs from KDE (KDialog) or Gnome (Zenity).

For the future it would be nice when the Arduino IDE on Linux uses the native file selection dialogs like on Windows.

See cross-post at URL:
http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,62960.msg456797.html

Best Regards,
Atalanttore

[cefn]

This functionality fail is the major reason I use Gnoduino (when running Arduino on Ubuntu) but I believe the same issues exist elsewhere.

Given the number of sketches I have in my Sketchbook, the drop down menu makes anything beyond the letter 'M' invisible below the screen.

The Arduino-selected file chooser is appalling (fails if you click on a sketch directory instead of .ino file, doesn't start in the sketchbook, has no recent history behaviour, no tab-completion, fails to respect the configuration of the user's native file chooser etc. etc.)

Finally, to top everything off, it seems to be impossible to launch Arduino to open a given sketch, by passing the file name a binary, which would solve the whole issue by permitting a native file navigation to trigger Arduino through file associations.

The existence of any of these features would transform the experience of using the Arduino IDE. It's a highly-visible issue for many learners.

[ffissore]

Fixed with e327bb0 and since IDE 1.6.4

[Atalanttore]

Thanks!