OpenDialog has not network option
lazarus / 32-Linux

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dbannon · 2020-08-22 01:07

I have just noticed, to my surprise, that on Linux (GTK2 and Qt5)
there is no option in the SelectDirectoryDialog or OpenDialog to allow
the user to browse to a shared drive like SMB:. 
Just about all Linux distros these days use gvfs to mount SMB: shares
in their file managers and that is the preferred way to get to the
share's contents. And 'Appliances' seem to offer this sort of share. 
Both Windows and Mac Cocoa's version of the Dialogs  have no problem
browsing to the share, they have a "Network" link you can use and all
is revealed!

I am pretty sure I remember the opendialogs in LCL doing so at some
stage but maybe I am wrong.  A user can type in the actual gvfs mount
point, eg
Code: [Select]/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-
share\:server\=greybox\,share\=store2
but thats not exactly pretty or intuitive is it ?  The Dialogs have
ofShareAware and ofNoNetworkButton options that appear to nothing.

Does anyone have any ideas here ?

Davo