[CLOSED] [Linux] showOpenDialog initialPath doesn't work

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Issue by Wikunia
Thursday Jan 01, 2015 at 21:59 GMT
Originally opened as adobe/brackets#10297

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When I use initialPath inside showOpenDialog my File Manager shows me the recently used folders and when I use it in showSaveDialog everything works as I expect.
My initialPath variable is ProjectManager.getProjectRoot()._path
So this is working
FileSystem.showSaveDialog(title, initialPath, "",

this isn't
FileSystem.showOpenDialog(allowMultipleSelection, chooseDirectories, title, initialPath, fileTypes,

My machine:
Linux 3.17.6
Brackets 1.1.0

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Comment by sbruchmann
Thursday Jan 01, 2015 at 22:27 GMT

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Try using ProjectManager.getProjectRoot().fullPath instead of ProjectManager.getProjectRoot()._path.

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Comment by Wikunia
Thursday Jan 01, 2015 at 22:37 GMT

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@sbruchmann it shows the same path and doesn't work as well. And I think because it works with the save dialog it should work with the open dialog, too.

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Comment by sbruchmann
Thursday Jan 01, 2015 at 22:39 GMT

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Ah, I misread your issue. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Comment by Wikunia
Thursday Jan 01, 2015 at 22:43 GMT

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Do you have the same problem? I will try it with Windows in the next days.

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Comment by sbruchmann
Thursday Jan 01, 2015 at 23:05 GMT

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Works on my machine™

My setup:

• OS X 10.9.5
• Brackets Release 1.2 development build 1.2.0-15578 (master da48369fb)
  build timestamp: Thu Jan 01 2015 23:47:59 GMT+0100
• Brackets Shell d9b1cae

Tested with the following code sample:

define(function () {
    "use strict";

    var AppInit = brackets.getModule("utils/AppInit");
    var FileSystem = brackets.getModule("filesystem/FileSystem");
    var ProjectManager = brackets.getModule("project/ProjectManager");

    function main() {
        FileSystem.showOpenDialog(
            false,
            false,
            "Open a file",
            ProjectManager.getProjectRoot().fullPath,
            null
        );
    }

    AppInit.appReady(main);
});

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Comment by MarcelGerber
Friday Jan 02, 2015 at 01:30 GMT

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Windows 8.1
Brackets@ latest master
Release 1.1 Brackets Shell

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Comment by sbruchmann
Friday Jan 02, 2015 at 01:31 GMT

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So, it appears to be Linux only then, right?

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Comment by Wikunia
Friday Jan 02, 2015 at 16:07 GMT

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Yes it is a Linux only problem! I've tested it on my Windows machine and everything works properly.

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Comment by peterflynn
Wednesday Jan 28, 2015 at 01:20 GMT

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Fixed in 1.2 -- see PR adobe/brackets-shell#496.

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Comment by nethip
Wednesday Feb 04, 2015 at 08:57 GMT

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@Wikunia As the fix now in the master, could you verify if the PR has fixed the problem?

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Comment by Wikunia
Wednesday Feb 04, 2015 at 11:07 GMT

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@nethip is this fix already in Brackets or onlu in brackets-shell? I updated my fork yesterday and it didn't work.

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Comment by nethip
Wednesday Feb 04, 2015 at 11:18 GMT

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@Wikunia . This is a fix in brackets-shell. You need to rebuild brackets-shell on Linux. As master branch is not yet ready for Linux compilation please use jasonsanjose/cef_217_linux branch to build Brackets on Linux. Here is the wiki for building brackets on Linux.

https://github.com/adobe/brackets-shell/wiki/Building-Brackets-Shell

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Comment by nethip
Thursday Feb 05, 2015 at 10:58 GMT

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@wikunia I checked if this is fixed or not and it is now fixed on Linux. The current Linux installer(posted at brackets.io) does not have this change. So when we post the next Linux installer, you can expect this issue to be fixed. Currently we are struggling with fixing the hang issues when quitting Brackets on Linux(after updating to latest version of chromium). All of the fixes relating to this are tracked at this PR. adobe/brackets-shell#499.

I am closing this issue. Feel free to open this, if you feel the fix is not proper. Thanks!