Add items from Local Server 'select all' checkbox

SonarStudios

Joined: 2004-05-28
Posts: 9

Posted: Tue, 2004-11-09 14:59

I'm curious if anyone else is having this problem.

I'm in the process of adding numerous files to G2 using 'From Local Server'. There are times when I want to import an entire list of files (jpg, gif, pdf, eps), and when I check the box, only some become highlighted. The pdfs consistently don't highlight, and there are certain versions of .tiffs that don't highlight.

I'm making the assumption that when the 'select all' checkbox is clicked, the code is only searching for certain file types. Can those types be controlled or alterred?

Thanks.

bharat

Joined: 2002-05-21
Posts: 7994

Posted: Thu, 2004-11-11 04:42

The select-all checkbox on that page only selects item types that Gallery understands. Ie, it won't select anything that is marked "Unknown" in the type column. We can change that, but I never was able to come up with any kind of decent UI to let you choose what you select. Any UI folks out there want to take a swing at it? If you mock it up in HTML we can implement it easily.

SonarStudios

Joined: 2004-05-28
Posts: 9

Posted: Thu, 2004-11-11 18:42

It would be easier for me if I was the one making the decisions on which files to include or exclue in that area. I'll be using this to import hundreds of images, pdfs, eps files, etc., and right now - if I choose a local folder that has a mish mash of things - there tends to be only a small percentage that get selected when I click that box. Then I have to go in and click about 20 items that I want that it didn't recognize. I love the fact that it tells you what type of file that it is in the table data, but I'd like that to work like an informational key - instead of determining what I'm selecting when I select what I think is a 'select all' box.

That's just my preference - PLEASE! Thanks. Anyone else?

fryfrog

Joined: 2002-10-30
Posts: 3236

Posted: Fri, 2004-11-12 01:27

Perhaps the "check all" box could really act as "check all" and 2 more check boxes could be added that would do "check known" and "check unknown" types.

valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509

Posted: Fri, 2004-11-12 06:50

These buttons should rather be labelled as follows:
"Check known knowns"
"Check known unknowns"

D. Rumsfeld wrote:

The Unknown
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.

bharat

Joined: 2002-05-21
Posts: 7994

Posted: Fri, 2004-11-12 08:17

Ok, somebody come up with an HTML mockup with the right interface and once we agree that It Is Good, I'll hack it in.

syslord

Joined: 2004-11-16
Posts: 1

Posted: Tue, 2004-11-16 22:22

I doubt that the real cause of this annoyance is the type of the found objects. I have noticed during the import of several thousands of photo files that each time Gallery comes across a file with bad/wrong characters in the file name, it will stop marking the images from there on. Characters that seem to cause the problem are a space and things like '()[]!' etc.

I think this is pretty easy to reproduce

Regards,

Pat.

SonarStudios

Joined: 2004-05-28
Posts: 9

Posted: Wed, 2004-11-17 16:22

I'll check that out today - you may be right.

Matt

SonarStudios Joined: 2004-05-28 Posts: 9	Posted: Tue, 2004-11-09 14:59
	I'm curious if anyone else is having this problem. I'm in the process of adding numerous files to G2 using 'From Local Server'. There are times when I want to import an entire list of files (jpg, gif, pdf, eps), and when I check the box, only some become highlighted. The pdfs consistently don't highlight, and there are certain versions of .tiffs that don't highlight. I'm making the assumption that when the 'select all' checkbox is clicked, the code is only searching for certain file types. Can those types be controlled or alterred? Thanks.
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bharat Joined: 2002-05-21 Posts: 7994	Posted: Thu, 2004-11-11 04:42
	The select-all checkbox on that page only selects item types that Gallery understands. Ie, it won't select anything that is marked "Unknown" in the type column. We can change that, but I never was able to come up with any kind of decent UI to let you choose what you select. Any UI folks out there want to take a swing at it? If you mock it up in HTML we can implement it easily.

SonarStudios Joined: 2004-05-28 Posts: 9	Posted: Thu, 2004-11-11 18:42
	It would be easier for me if I was the one making the decisions on which files to include or exclue in that area. I'll be using this to import hundreds of images, pdfs, eps files, etc., and right now - if I choose a local folder that has a mish mash of things - there tends to be only a small percentage that get selected when I click that box. Then I have to go in and click about 20 items that I want that it didn't recognize. I love the fact that it tells you what type of file that it is in the table data, but I'd like that to work like an informational key - instead of determining what I'm selecting when I select what I think is a 'select all' box. That's just my preference - PLEASE! Thanks. Anyone else?

fryfrog Joined: 2002-10-30 Posts: 3236	Posted: Fri, 2004-11-12 01:27
	Perhaps the "check all" box could really act as "check all" and 2 more check boxes could be added that would do "check known" and "check unknown" types.

valiant Joined: 2003-01-04 Posts: 32509	Posted: Fri, 2004-11-12 06:50
	These buttons should rather be labelled as follows: "Check known knowns" "Check known unknowns" D. Rumsfeld wrote: The Unknown As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know There are known unknowns. That is to say We know there are some things We do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, The ones we don't know We don't know.

bharat Joined: 2002-05-21 Posts: 7994	Posted: Fri, 2004-11-12 08:17
	Ok, somebody come up with an HTML mockup with the right interface and once we agree that It Is Good, I'll hack it in.

syslord Joined: 2004-11-16 Posts: 1	Posted: Tue, 2004-11-16 22:22
	I doubt that the real cause of this annoyance is the type of the found objects. I have noticed during the import of several thousands of photo files that each time Gallery comes across a file with bad/wrong characters in the file name, it will stop marking the images from there on. Characters that seem to cause the problem are a space and things like '()[]!' etc. I think this is pretty easy to reproduce Regards, Pat.

SonarStudios Joined: 2004-05-28 Posts: 9	Posted: Wed, 2004-11-17 16:22
	I'll check that out today - you may be right. Matt

Add items from Local Server 'select all' checkbox

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