[Mac, wx 2.8.1] file dialogs and OS-X packages

[Vadim Zeitlin]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:44:07 +0200 Yaron Tadmor <YaronT at HumanEyes.com> wrote:

YT> I noticed that in the file dialog, when creating a save file dialog the
YT> carbon flag kNavSupportPackages is not used, while in open files it is
YT> used.
YT> 
YT> First, I was wondering if there's a reason for this?

 Undoubtedly yes but I don't know which...

YT> Second, I think that that in both save and open dialogs the usage of
YT> this flag needs to be kept up to the user. Basically this flag says
YT> whether the file dialog will treat packages as files or folders.

 Looking at the Apple docs, I'm a bit confused (as it often happens to me
when perusing this resource) about this flag and kNavAllowOpenPackages
interaction. Does it make sense to use the latter without the former?

YT> So ultimately, I'm suggesting a small change allowing to pass this
YT> option somehow. Perhaps as a file dialog flag.

 I agree that we should allow the developer to specify the values for this
flag (these flags?) but I'm not sure if we really want to assign a flag to
something that is so Mac-specific (at least I'm not aware of anything
equivalent on any other system). Maybe a special wxFileDialog method
(SetMacPackagesMode()?) would be better?

 Regards,
VZ

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