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Questions tagged [dialog]

Questions about creating, handling and using dialog windows (aka dialogues)

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Upload File From URL

I have been using Windows for a while, and with it there is a feature when you want to upload a photo (for example) to a website, you click on the "Choose File" in Chrome to upload a photo, a "File Explorer" opens, and instead of selecting a file…
Get Off My Lawn
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Ubuntu 22.04, save dialog is maximized and not active

After Ubuntu 22.04 installation, just little problem with save dialog. Example, in case of save file in web browser (chrome), save dialog is maximized and not active, so I must click on it and then save dialog is active. In past, it was active…
genderbee
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Show a dialog box after a period of inactivity

I am soon going to have to migrate an entire computer lab (about 50 PCs) from Windows 7 to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. As it's an university, 99% of the time (if not 100%) it will be used by students. There is not a central database of user accounts and…
That Brazilian Guy
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Default file open/save sort by modified?

I'd like the file open/save dialogues to be sorted by default by Modified. I read this answer: set default sort order and it didn't help. I went to: org->gtk->settings->file-chooser and I set the value of key sort-column to "modified", it still…
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Create folder in Save dialog - can't enter uppercase letters or underscore

I have a long standing problem with the Save dialog in Chromium or Libreoffice (and many more applications using the system Save dialog). In the Save dialog, there is a button Create folder on the right. When clicked, I am asked to "Type name of new…
Daniel Svozil
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Find the location of an installed application to type in the Launch Application window

Many times I get this dialog when opening some files. It asks me to choose a program. I don't know where all programs reside and what to select? Where to find installed applications in Ubuntu?
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How to customize the length of text field in dialog box?

When I want to save a file from a website and choose "Save As" in whichever browser I'm using, a dialog box pops up, allowing me to choose the place and name under which to save the file. The text field containing the file name, however, is rather…
pinnerup
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Disabling Dialogue prompts in ubuntu

I switched from Windows to Ubuntu a while ago now, but various popup dialogue boxes that prompt for confirmations continue to irritate me. Especially the ones when closing a Terminal that's running another process ("Close This Terminal?: There is…
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Renaming buttons in dialog

I'm using bash and dialog to create curses menu. For example dialog --menu "Choose Next or Back" 15 50 4 Blah "blah" this has OK and Cancel buttons. Is there a way to rename 'OK' button to 'Next' and 'Cancel' button to 'Back'? Thanks.
Logan Lee
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