Bug#240349: Problems with new buttons in GTK 2.4 file selector

[Aaron Lehmann]

Package: libgtk2.0-0
Version: 2.4.0-1
Tags: experimental

A thread at
http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2004/debian-gtk-gnome-200403/msg00139.html
discusses a few gripes about the file selector in GTK 2.4. Namely:

* The buttons are large and use a lot of screen space.

* They are hard-wired to a few paths which do not exist for all users.
I have neither a Documents nor a Desktop folder, so the file selector
should not be presenting me with a button to jump to either. GTK ought
to check whether these paths actually exist, but beyond that the paths
really shouldn't be hard coded, and defaulting to paths that are created
and used by external software (GNOME?) is questionable.