Strange.
I had to download the win32.7z file as a win32.zip file and open with 7 zip application. Otherwise it showed an empty 7z file download. (empty archive).

I placed the win32 folder in plug-ins along with a new wx directory (empty) and it initialized save as and open as python modules.



Though selecting either did not open a save as dialog or open as dialog.

Windows 8.1 64 bit GIMP. Perhaps the python modules should be in the 32 bit folder?
AHHA! I had to make sure the tree wasn't ".gimp-2.8/plug-ins/win32/win32/python files". I simply made sure the tree was ".gimp-2.8/plug-ins/win32/python files" and all worked as they should.



However shouldn't there be some sort of way to browse for the file you want to open? Same with save as. There should be a way to browse to a save directory.
The way this works now it attempts to use the already open drawable or image but upon selecting save as i get no response.
I am a little confused. Why would you want to open an already opened image in a windows dialog to open it again? Or perhaps i am miss-understanding the purpose of the plug-in?

Thank you, ofnuts, i implemented your other answers


a) The register commands don't take any parameters now (lines 161, 146), but it still pops up the dialog
b) The dialog is shown only when there are no other images; it doesn't show when i have other images opened.

Can you help me on this?


For me, the main concern is (not) having to use the mouse, or navigating too much in the dialog.
In Windows (and KDE?), when the dialog shows, i just write the path and press ENTER. For me this is the most important behavior. I just wish i had written the plugin 14 years ago, when i really needed it


thank you! I added it in the README.


this is a bug; not a feature see my correspondance with ofnuts about it.
it will work if there are other open images (strange...)
I didn't understand your comment about the "save as windows"? Does it work for you?


So you work with the WX version? nice! mine stopped working so i'm using pywin32

Graechan
I added install instructions;
can you tell me what is your PYTHON.EXE version & bits?
where is your "plug-ins" folder?
(I guess I will not be using windows 8 in the next several years but it should be the same as 7)

for anyone who still reads this, i've updated the scripts and solved the bugs.

If you do not have a "Location:" text entry in your GTK Open dialog, you can use the CTRL-L keyboard shortcut to have one added. Once added, it should be available for all subsequent usages.

Hi,

Why can't we just have a better/standard image browse dialogue such as already proposed here?

Is it the intention of this thread?

Still

joseph

I like that idea Joseph.

i think modern systems now has thumbnail view already built in.
i don't know about GTK, but for Windows it either happens automatically or you need to click a button and "view as thumbnails" or something



no.
My personal intention is to have fastest, easiest, and most similar look and feel.

Since i'm using anyway Windows (95, 98, NT, 2000, xp, 7, 2003), and prefer the KDE environment, i'm more "fluid" with non-gtk style of dialogs.

Saulgoode gave us a tip about using current dialog more efficiently, and i'm going to try it
(viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10017&start=10#p131080)

Also, i don't use GIMP as a file browser.
for that I use Total commander (on windows) / Double Commander (on linux) - both have built-in thumbnail preview.

the same way I don't use emacs as an operating system...

I re downloaded and installed all the newer python modules in the first post.
I opened a recent image and tried "Open As Windows Dialog2" and all works well.


I installed the wxPython to my Python27 application folder. I copied the entire wx folder to my .gimp-2.8/plug-ins folder and launched Gimp-2.8 64 bit installed Gimp.org version.

Results for Save As Windows Dialog -
I select the "Save Windows Dialog" in the File menu and nothing happens.

i uploaded new script version.
please update "save-as-windows.py",
and DELETE "open-as-windows.py" from your plugins script, since it's not needed anymore (i unified both files into 1 script)

My system: Vista 32 bit, Python 2.7.5, GIMP 2.8.10, wxPython 3.0.
I downloaded the latest version.
Confirm the diagnosis Rod:
Open Windows Dialog - works well
Save Dialog Windows - not (the previous version was running - but without recording layers for *. xcf)

interesting,
i've never been using vista, so I can't debug it there.
(BTW: i verified - and the current download is my latest version)
my only tip is:
delete all other copies of my plugin (open-as-windows.py, save-as-windows.py), and restart gimp

EDIT: tested both with wx and pywin32

i wrote as much as i can in the README file inside the updated plugin.
see INSTALL section. other than that i'm not sure i can help.

Anybody interested in trying my attempt at using your operating system's native file selection dialog?

I got the TKinter method working, which in theory means that it will work if you have Python working in GIMP

This is only really done as a proof of concept and I'd especially like anyone on Macs to let me know if it works.

I've only implemented a "Native Open" to prove the point, and I've not added all the various file type filters either.

Kevin

Zipped because Python scripts in the raw are just too dangerous !?!

Windows XP in classic mode:

You don't need to install anything else.

Kevin