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Description
There can be some improvements to the UX of the file path dialog now that XDM is not limited by Java.
Here is the current one.
First of all, it should be possible to paste a folder path here, but it is not text editable. A button to paste the clipboard to the right of the dropdown would also be welcome.
Additionally, if I click "Browse...", I get this horrible outdated dialog, the worst of it's kind on Windows:
It is not immediately obvious to the user that they have to click Desktop to show the folders.
There is also no support for pasting a file path here, you have to manually click through each folder, you can't access your quick access pinned from File Explorer, no preview pane, etc etc.
My suggestion is to replace it with an CommonOpenFileDialog with IsFolderPicker mode like most other C# programs, which makes it much easier to use, with a more standard look closer to File Explorer:
I'm aware this is a beta version but just putting this thought in anyway as its such an essential piece of UX. I could not find any related issues on the github.
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Description
There can be some improvements to the UX of the file path dialog now that XDM is not limited by Java.
Here is the current one.
First of all, it should be possible to paste a folder path here, but it is not text editable. A button to paste the clipboard to the right of the dropdown would also be welcome.
Additionally, if I click "Browse...", I get this horrible outdated dialog, the worst of it's kind on Windows:
It is not immediately obvious to the user that they have to click Desktop to show the folders.
There is also no support for pasting a file path here, you have to manually click through each folder, you can't access your quick access pinned from File Explorer, no preview pane, etc etc.
My suggestion is to replace it with an CommonOpenFileDialog with IsFolderPicker mode like most other C# programs, which makes it much easier to use, with a more standard look closer to File Explorer:
Info here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11624298/how-do-i-use-openfiledialog-to-select-a-folder
I'm aware this is a beta version but just putting this thought in anyway as its such an essential piece of UX. I could not find any related issues on the github.