[ wxwindows-Bugs-1532580 ] SaveFileDialog changes default extension

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Bugs item #1532580, was opened at 2006-08-01 19:01
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Category: wxMac specific
Group: None
>Status: Closed
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Kevin Altis (kasplat)
Assigned to: Stefan Csomor (csomor)
Summary: SaveFileDialog changes default extension

Initial Comment:
This has been a bug/feature in the Mac version of wxWidgets for a long 
time but I would like to see the behavior changed to match Windows if 
possible; I haven't double-checked GTK but I believe it works the same as 
Windows.

The problem is that the first extension in the wildcard string passed to 
SaveFileDialog replaces the extension of the filename passed to the dialog 
or removes the extension completely. The quickest way to test this is to 
use the function wrapper provided by wxPython as you can test all the 
cases quickly in the shell using PyShell.

>>> from wx.lib.dialogs import saveFileDialog as sf
>>> sf(filename='test.txt')

In this case the default wildcard='All Files (*.*)|*.*' results in the extension 
being removed so the Save As field in the dialog only shows 'test'

>>> sf(filename='test.txt', wildcard='All files (*.*)|*.*|Python scripts 
(*.py;*.pyw)|*.pyw;*.PY;*.PYW;*.py'

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Comment By: Stefan Csomor (csomor)
Date: 2007-05-21 20:55

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fixed in WX_2_8_BRANCH

Thanks,

Stefan

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