File copying dialog

Rik Hemsley rik at kde.org
Tue Apr 23 19:19:31 BST 2002


#if Chris Howells
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> On Tuesday 23 April 2002 5:26 pm, David Faure wrote:
> > But maybe it also shouldn't appear when the target dir is actually
> > opened in Konqueror, i.e. the copy operation was made between two
> > konq views. I guess that's the case Chris is talking about, and in this
> > case, a button for opening the destination is indeed useless.
>
> Yes, certainly.
>
> Additionally, IMHO it doesn't make too much sense if I've eplicitly stated
> in Konqueror that I want to save to a file (e.g. by right click and save to
> file), then to be asked seconds later when the progress dialog pops up to
> be asked whether I in fact want to open it after all.

Think about the three options:
1. Save and forget.
2. Open.
3. Save and open.

The 'Open File' button allows option 3, which is something I use often.

Rik






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