nextcloud / nextcloud/richdocuments
Improve save as dialog
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Description
Currently our save as dialog is rather simple and technical. It allows users to put files to a location by using an absolute path within Nextcloud.
For a better usability we could rather use the file picker from https://github.com/nextcloud-libraries/nextcloud-dialogs, however that currently does not allow you to cover the save as use case where you would provide a filename in it as well when you pick a folder location. We probably should extend the library as this may be useful also for the files app (e.g. when copying or moving a file to a new location where you can directly specify a new name) or other apps
Reference could be the usual operating system save as dialogs:
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the current save-as dialog and the file picker in the nextcloud-dialogs library. Clarify how a user should choose a folder and provide a filename, then compare the behavior with operating-system save-as dialogs. Done means the save-as flow supports selecting a location and specifying a filename without relying on an absolute path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100