[Sugar-devel] Use ObjectChooser filtering by activity

[Simon Schampijer]

On 06/13/2013 06:35 PM, Daniel Narvaez wrote:
> On 13 June 2013 18:26, Daniel Narvaez <dwnarvaez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 13 June 2013 18:23, Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> That is the reason is better modify the behavior of the activity filter,
>>> than allow any random list of mime types.
>>>
>>
>> I'm not sure to understand this. You are proposing to show all the files
>> with mime types the activity can open right? That's pretty much a list of
>> random mime types as far the filtering combo is concerned... You can't
>> select "Anything", you can't select a generic type and you can't select an
>> activity (this might actually be the nearest to accurate, but it's not
>> quite because the files are not necessarily created by the activity).
>>
>
> Oh I see, you are talking about the approach in your patch. That's still
> quite tricky though... Would you keep the current filtering behavior for
> journal? Would it apply to object chooser only? To certain object choosers
> only?
>

Yes, the trickiest bit is how to display that in the UI. Non of the 
current filters does match this case here, using the activity icon would 
confront with what it currently means in the filter, as it means an 
object of that activity.

Maybe this special objectchooser has just no filter sub-toolbar? And the 
message when no matching object could be found reads as "No entry found 
that can be opened with Activity [Name of activity]."

Simon