Now after having tried Chrome and Firefox as well I can confirm that it is not a Browser issue. With all of them I cannot submit a remote http URL. The GTKFileChooser window does not accept it. Are you really sure that GTKFileChooser supports remote files? Robert On 4 July 2013 23:05, Robert Orzanna <orschiro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Now I understand it. Thus it is a problem of Chromium. Interesting. > > Can someone of you confirm that issue, e.g. by trying to upload an > image from the web to imgur. > > Maybe it is just here on my system that it does not work. > > I am running Arch Linux with chromium 28.0.1500.52-1 > > On 4 July 2013 22:52, Jasper St. Pierre <jstpierre@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> GTK+ is the library that provides that window. The window is known as >> "GtkFileChooser". >> >> When Chromium says "please open a GtkFileChooser", it provides a set of >> options about how to return the results. One of these options is "do I want >> to get a URI back (file:///usr/share/pixmaps/google.png, >> http://google.com/google.png, etc.) or do I want a file path back >> (/usr/share/pixmaps/google.png)" >> >> GtkFileChooser does not hand Chromium back the file's contents. It simply >> hands it back the URI or file path. Chromium would need to somehow open the >> URI it gets back. Obviously, Chromium can open http/https URIs using its own >> networking stack, but for whatever reason, it chooses not to toggle on that >> functionality. >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Robert Orzanna <orschiro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for your responses. >>> >>> Ritesh is talking about gvfs, you, Jasper, about gtk. Could you >>> clarify how they work together? >>> >>> As for the application: >>> >>> Generally I need this feature when trying to upload something onto a >>> website using Chromium. Pressing the upload button on the website then >>> opens the "Open file" window [1]. However, I am not sure which program >>> provides this window. As for the file manager, I am using Nautilus. >>> >>> So, is there any way how I can tell the window to accept remote files? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Robert >>> >>> [1] http://i.imgur.com/gF693yq.png >>> >>> On 4 July 2013 18:34, Jasper St. Pierre <jstpierre@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> > Well, GtkFileChooser can support remote files (there's a flag for it), >>> > but >>> > only if the application can understand it. The app is returned either a >>> > filename (which is local-only) or a URI which it has to use Gio to >>> > implement. I don't know what app you're using, but it has to flip the >>> > switch >>> > to enable URIs in GtkFileChooser, and then be able to interpret the URI >>> > returned. >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Ritesh Khadgaray <khadgaray@xxxxxxxxx> >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Hi >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On 02-Jul-2013 6:18 PM, "Robert Orzanna" <orschiro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> > Hello there, >>> >> > >>> >> > Is it possible to implement support for providing remote files to the >>> >> > location window? >>> >> > >>> >> > I am talking about this window: http://i.imgur.com/gF693yq.png >>> >> > >>> >> > This would be very useful for uploading remote files to websites in a >>> >> > browser session. >>> >> > >>> >> > Regards >>> >> > >>> >> > Robert >>> >> > _______________________________________________ >>> >> > gtk-list mailing list >>> >> > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx >>> >> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list >>> >> >>> >> This comes from gvfs ( https://wiki.gnome.org/gvfs) not gtk. >>> >> >>> >> Cheers >>> >> ritz >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> gtk-list mailing list >>> >> gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx >>> >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Jasper >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jasper _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
