Bug 347 – Enh: Add a "Browse" button to Dependencies Dialog, with option to use found files.

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Bug 347 - Enh: Add a "Browse" button to Dependencies Dialog, with option to use found files.


Summary:	Enh: Add a "Browse" button to Dependencies Dialog, with option to use found f...

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Product:	Audacity
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	User Interface
Version:	1.3.14 alpha
Hardware:	Per OS All

Importance:	P4 Enhancement
Assigned To:	Default Assignee for New Bugs

URL:	http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/me...
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Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Reported:	2011-04-04 11:02 UTC by Gale Andrews
Modified:	2018-08-20 11:51 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Steps To Reproduce:	1. Import some files by reference. 2. Move them. 3. Open the dependency checking dialog (from Help) Notice that though the missing files are shown there is no option to go and find them and use them from elsewhere.
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Closed:	2018-08-20 00:00:00

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Description Gale Andrews 2011-04-04 11:02:01 UTC

Split from/agreed at:
http://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330#c31

As done in other apps like Audition to allow browsing for missing aliased files.

A possible further enhancement (difficult to implement cross-platform?) may be a button to search for files, given user may not recall what changes they made.

Comment 1 Gale Andrews 2012-09-29 14:02:59 UTC

Added -quality URL. 

A user has pointed out a scenario which could be fairly common as users migrate from Win XP to Win 7 or 8 - an old project where the aliasfile was in "Documents and Settings" but which will have migrated to the "Users" folder with the OS upgrade. In this scenario the ability to browse for and replace the path to the aliasfile would be useful.

Comment 2 James Crook 2018-04-12 12:24:43 UTC

This is a pure enhancement request to a feature which we probably should discontinue (using files by reference).