overwrite confirmation - gtk file chooser

[Mark Doliner]

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:35:04 +0300, Gabriel Schulhof wrote
> On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 00:36 +0530, Prekshu Ajmera wrote:
> > How do I take care of overwrite ?
> 
> /*
> This code is off the top of my head and totally untested.
> */
> 
> while (gtk_dialog_run(GTK_DIALOG(the_save_as_dialog))) {
>   the_folder = gtk_file_chooser_get_filename(
>     GTK_FILE_CHOOSER(the_save_as_dialog));
>   if (g_file_test(the_folder, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
>     GtkWidget *msg = gtk_message_dialog_new(the_save_as_dialog, 
>       GTK_DIALOG_MODAL, GTK_MESSAGE_QUESTION, GTK_BUTTONS_YES_NO,
>       "Folder exists. Overwrite?");
> 
>     if (GTK_RESPONSE_YES == gtk_dialog_run(GTK_DIALOG(msg))) {
>       overwrite_the_folder(the_folder);
>       gtk_widget_destroy(msg);
>       break;
>     }
>     gtk_widget_destroy(msg);
>   }
>   g_free(the_folder);
> }
> 
> g_free(the_folder);
> gtk_widget_destroy(the_save_as_dialog);

I don't know what this code will be used for... but gtk_dialog_run() shouldn't
be used in Pidgin because it is application modal, and application modal
dialogs should only be used when absolutely necessary.

See
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/windows.html#window-props-modality
for a little more explanation

-Mark