[PD] Hidden folders in PD open/save dialog
Hans-Christoph Steiner
hans at eds.org
Thu Apr 3 23:11:47 CEST 2008
You should be able to set that variable in pd.tk and have it work
without modifying the other file. Try just adding
set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenBtn 1
set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenVar 0
Somewhere near the top of the pd.tk.
.hc
On Apr 2, 2008, at 2:17 PM, danomatika wrote:
> IOhannes, you found the magic bullet (or forum post, that is)!
>
> Awesome, I can confirm this works in a little test script and
> screenshot. It's a button to toggle
> hidden file display as expected.
>
> On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 10:55 +0200, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
>>
>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> > This would be huge, it would greatly help the newbies. In
>> workshops,
>> > a lot of people had trouble with those open/save panels.
>> >
>> > There are quite a few apps written with Tcl/Tk for GNU/Linux, so
>> I am
>> > sure we are not the first to want this feature. I would be very
>> > surprised if another Tcl/Tk app hasn't solved this already.
>>
>> according to http://www.groupsrv.com/computers/about266840.html it is
>> acutally already built into tk-8.4 but not exposed!
>>
>> quoting this article:
>> >
>> > If you have Tcl/Tk 8.4.12, find the file "tkfbox.tcl" in your Tk
>> > installation. At line 777, you will see:
>> >
>> > set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenBtn 0
>> > set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenVar 1
>> >
>> > Replace them by:
>> >
>> > set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenBtn 1
>> > set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenVar 0
>> >
>> > And you're done...
>>
>> mfgasd.r
>> IOhannes
>>
>>
> --
> Dan Wilcox
> robotcowboy.com
> <tk_file_dialog.png><tk_file_dialog_test.tcl>
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