As far as I can tell this bug still hasn't been fixed (at least, with all updates installed, I still can't save in another folder than the ones listed in the dropdown). Here's a workaround, hope it helps somebody else:
1) Using nautilus (haven't tried this with other file managers), navigate to the folder you would like to save to 2) Choose Bookmark -> Add Bookmark 3) The folder now shows up as one of the options in the drop down within openshot (you may have to restart openshot to get it to appear) After the first save, you are clear to delete the bookmark (so things don't get cluttered/messy). Hope this helps! Any word on when this will get sorted out/pushed to Ubuntu updates or however that works? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1070004 Title: For applications using simplified save dialogues, selecting a destination through "Other..." saves to /HOME directory Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “gtk+3.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Certain applications, like DeVeDe or Openshot, use a simplified save dialogue box. From these simplified lists, the user is presented with some default directories to save in (Video, Desktop, Home, etc). Selecting any of these destinations from this menu works as expected. However, if the user wishes to save to some other location besides the ones suggested, they must click on "Other..." which displays the full, normal save dialogue. When this is used, it does not matter which directory the user chooses - the application will save to the /HOME directory. I have tested this using DeVeDe on Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit (fresh install) and 12.10 32-bit (upgrade install). This *is not* a bug with DeVeDe, but it was the first application I found that was using the simplified save dialogue (and I also was able to reproduce this using Openshot, which does the same thing). If the application uses the normal save dialogue box, everything works as expected. Please help me provide the information needed for this bug report. I do not know what package to file this against, or what other information that needs to be attached. It would also be helpful if someone can reproduce this. I have not filed a bug report because I did not know what to attach or what package to file against. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here is a video demonstrating the problem using DeVeDe. I tell DeVeDe to export a video to my Desktop from the defaults menu, which works as expected. I then tell it to save it to my Desktop, but using the "Other..." menu. I would expect it to say that there's a file already there with the same name, and offer to overwrite it. Instead, it saves the file to my /Home directory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O5O6XnRTis&feature=youtu.be To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/1070004/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
