[arch-general] Opera Tip -- Use QT/GTK file Open/Save dialogs

Jeffrey Parke jeffrey.parke at gmail.com
Sun Sep 27 10:21:20 EDT 2009


David C. Rankin wrote:
> Archers,
>
> 	I have always liked the opera browser, but one thing that has really sucked 
> about it was the crappy file open/file save dialogs opera comes with. Picking 
> around tonight, I ran across an option in opera's configuration that allows 
> you to choose the file selector dialogs to use. It is cryptic as hell, but I 
> found the commit page for the changes and got the needed information.
>
> 	To make use of real kde4 open/save dialogs in opera, got to the config page 
> by typing "opera:config" into the address bar, the scroll down to "File 
> Selector", then change the setting to "2". The commit notes say:
>
> 0 - normal
> 1 - Qt
> 2 - GTK
>
> 	For some reason, I couldn't get Qt to work, so I select "2" for GTK, and 
> Bingo! I had usable dialogs in opera (you may need to restart opera). What a 
> relief. If you use opera, it's worth a look.
>
> 	While on the subject, you might want to check out the C00-14, Keramik and 
> crystal_onyx_bull skins. Opera has come a long way in 10.0
>
>   
hey that's really cool!! thanks


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