Bug 990377 - RFE: Improve / replace the upload filename selector
Summary: RFE: Improve / replace the upload filename selector
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Zanata
Classification: Retired
Component: Usability
Version: development
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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low
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Assignee: Isaac Rooskov
QA Contact: Zanata-QA Mailling List
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-07-31 05:37 UTC by Damian Jansen
Modified: 2015-08-06 05:55 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-08-11 06:43:24 UTC
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Description Damian Jansen 2013-07-31 05:37:33 UTC
Description of problem:
If you give a user a line edit to enter a file path, don't give them:
- a dialog to select a file, they are expecting to type
- a browse button if you go with the line edit selector
It's not very usable.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Dev

How reproducible:
Easy always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to Projects->Select a Project->select a Version
2. Press Source Documents, Upload Document
3. Click on the Upload dialog line edit

Actual results:
A dialog appears

Expected results:
Nothing, I should be allowed to type here

Additional info:
There seems to be a horrid focus battle at play here too - WebDriver can happily enter the text a user cannot, but the text from the linedit is ignored anyway and the exception of bug990373 occurs.

Comment 1 Damian Jansen 2013-07-31 05:39:51 UTC
Edit: scratch the additional info - it's a different exception!

Comment 2 David Mason 2013-08-02 04:33:38 UTC
This is the standard file upload element provided by the browser, so will differ a bit from browser to browser. Overriding the behaviour and style of this particluar element is somewhat hacky and is not straightforward, but would be nice to do if we find a stable and maintainable way to do so.

Comment 3 Damian Jansen 2014-03-07 00:39:35 UTC
Switched to an RFE - make nice upload thingy


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