"File open" dialog size

Nathaniel Gray n8gray at caltech.edu
Tue Aug 31 20:17:04 CEST 2004


On Aug 31, 2004, at 10:25 AM, Scott Tringali wrote:

> Offer Kaye wrote:
>
>> The default size of the "File open" dialog is too small for me. How
>> can I make it bigger?
>
> From my .Xdefaults file (will affect all Motif apps):
>
>   ! make XmFileSelectionBox act LESS STUPID.
>   *XmFileSelectionBox.resizePolicy:    XmRESIZE_NONE
>   *XmFileSelectionBox.fileFilterStyle: XmFILTER_HIDDEN_FILES
>   *XmFileSelectionBox.pathMode:        XmPATH_MODE_RELATIVE
>   *XmFileSelectionBox.width:           500
>   *XmFileSelectionBox.height:          500
>   *XmFileSelectionBox.textAccelerators:

Jumpin' Jehoosephat!  This is so much better!  Why don't we use these 
settings instead of the lousy defaults??  (We probably shouldn't filter 
out hidden files by default, of course.)

Cheers,
-n8

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