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On any folder do: (right click)->New->Other->Text File->(some name)->Next Now, try to change the extension in the input line. The state of checkbox "Add to supported extensions" is not changed until you go away from the input line, and that is (IMO) too late, as most people will change the extension and click "Finish". Seen on 200201030331.
Eval: As I remember it was made that way, the check box is updated when you set the extension and press enter or if the input line loses focus. The way the normal textfield works (i.e. informs about a change). I guess if you type the extension in, press enter, the check box should be updated. Chcek it out and considere closing of the issue. If you want to update the checkbox after each type, it should be implemented, it's not now for sure.
*** Issue 21581 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
IMHO we could listen by DocumentListener on the document of the text field.
Set target milestone to TBD
I noticed this too - I understand Peter's argument, but from a user perspective it is a bug.
Assigning target milestone 4.0. IMHO we need some more UI engineering for this issue. It's true that the dialog will work if the user presses Enter (or Tab) after typing in her new extension. However IMO this pressing of the Enter is not intuitive for the user as she will assume (I did too) that pressing Enter will proceed with the "Finish" and dialog will go away. I personally do not understand why it's necessary to make the "Add to supported extensions" checkbox grayed for the known file extensions. If we would make it enabled and the user would check it then if he has chosen the known file type we would simply ignore it. We could get rid of the problem this way. Gabo is this acceptable for HIE?
I agree, checkbox can be enabled all the time. Current state violates the default button (Finish) behavior. By the way, default focus should be in the combo - it isn't now.
Was not done as part of 3.6. Assigning to promoD.
Closing as WONTFIX. The functionality of text module was replaced by new build system and changes in the core and text module was removed from dev build.