Rod, At present the folder picker uses the nsIFileWidget interface. To me, it seems like the file picker and the folder picker are two seperate symantic entities and that it would be better to reduce the clutter in nsIFileWidget and create a new interface for the folder picker, nsIFolderWidget as well as a new class nsFolderWidget. Michael

adding sdagley to cc list. rod, didn't Steve already have different and uncluttered interfaces he wanted to use, but we decided anyway on extending nsIFileWidget? Maybe now is a good time to go back to what Steve originally proposed.

We can do that, but if I remember it correctly his interface was for file picking and folder picking and that there was already an interface that did file picking. It didn't have anything to do with seprarting the folder picker from the file picker.

I would nix this request for 2 reasons: 1) The folder choosing functionality adds a single method to the file widget. This has gotta be less clutter than adding a whole new set of files. 2) While you might think file and folder selection are seperate entities they are virtually identical at the OS call level, at least for Mac and Windows. Part of the problem is that the file widget is really more of a service than a widget but it remains named a widget for historical reasons.

Sure, but the file picker and folder picker are really seperate services, which share nothing in common. Having them in the same interface seems like a mistake to me. The whole point of having classes is to provide a higher level abstraction than the OS level, and so OS considerations are mute. It is better to think about higher level clients might need to use these interfaces, and the intersection of file and folder picker functionality is zip. Isn't it conceptually cleaner to break them out?

M8. This really isn't a bug, hopefully it should be marked as such by M8 timeframe.

Moving all Widget Set bugs, past and present, to new HTML Form Controls component per request from karnaze. Widget Set component will be retired shortly.

The discussion has been moed to the newsgroup for a wider audience, and I am closing this bug.

sounds good to me. marking verified.