On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 18:09 +0000, Jon Escombe wrote: > Have noticed this behaviour in FC4-test File Roller 2.10.0, which wasn't there > in 2.8.1 > > When selecting a location to extract an archive, if there is already a > sub-folder in this location, it will be highlighted by default and the archive > will be extracted into the sub-folder. > > For example, if a new user extracts an archive, the extract window will default > to the users home folder - but will also have selected the Desktop sub-folder as > the destination (as it's the first sub-folder). The only way to extract directly > to the home folder is to navigate to /home and hightlight the correct home > folder in the file pane. > > Unless I'm missing the point and this is the desired behaviour? > > Regards, > Jon Escombe. > > > I think that this issue is a GNOME wide issue. Anything that uses GNOME's file-selection dialog tends to do this. Eg. When selecting where to save a file in Mozilla Firefox it will automagicly select a folder. This is somewhat irritating even if you can go in and manually select a folder... Its more of a usability thing than a major problem, but it is a PITA. -- kyle