On 07.10.2009, at 17:41, Andreas Raab wrote:

> > What do others think.
>
> Two thoughts: First, I would only consider the last portion a  
> pattern if it includes a wild card (there is little point in having  
> a wild card that matches at most one file I think).

IMHO if there is neither a directory given nor a wild card, a  
substring search should be performed.

- Bert -

> Secondly, I would walk the tree and select the directory "closest  
> to" the chosen input. Meaning that if there's a typo you end up as  
> close as we can make it to the chosen location.
>
> Cheers,
>  - Andreas
>
> Torsten Bergmann wrote:
>> The new File list is nice, but it still has a problem
>> with the selection in the tree after typing.
>> On win32 if one types C:\temp and hits ENTER the folder is not  
>> selected in the tree. If one enters C:\temp\ and ENTER it is  
>> selected. I think both options should be possible (since this is  
>> similar behavior as in Windows Explorer, and yes I'm biased). The  
>> reason is that anything after the "pathNameDelimiter"
>> is always identified as pattern.
>> See implementation in FileList>>pathAndPattern:
>> One possible solution could to check first if a subdirectory
>> with the extracted pattern exists
>> "(FileDirectory on: base) fileOrDirectoryExists: pat"
>> and react accordingly (ignore it as pattern and add it to the
>> base).
>> What do others think. Bye
>> T.
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