File Open Dialog
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Overview
The File Open Dialog Widget provides a general method to open files
Usage Cases
- Commonly used in Native Stylus-Based applications.
Appearance & Interaction
OS X's file open dialog is quite nice. This could be a good model. Specially the fact that it has search capabilities:
http://people.openmoko.org/sean/specifications/images/osx_fileopen.png
We should shoot for the following features:
- File Browsing
- File Preview
- Search
- File Open
On Tap
- (application defined)
Layout Components
- 1) File Toolbar -- Actions available for the open folder. (Back, Forward, Home, Open, Cancel)
- 2) Preview Area -- The preview widget base on the selected file type
- 3) Detail Info -- The selected file infomation. (Name, Size, Type, Created, Modified)
- 4) Current Folder -- The opened folder name.
- 5) Files List -- The files list for the opened folder.
Constraints
(TBD)
Architectural Details
- This dialog needs to remember it's previous folder path. When opening, it should return to the last folder location.
Implementation Recommendations
(TBD)
UI Icons
Download the top panel icons: click here
- Back_01.png -- Back
- previous.png -- previous
- Cancel.png -- Cancel
- Home.png -- Home
- Music.png -- Music
- Open.png -- Open
- Picture.png -- Image thumbnail
- Size.png -- Image size
- Time.png -- Date
Position
Cross-Widget Interactions
(TBD)
Unresolved Issues
(None)
Questions and Answers
(None)
