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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0001861FreeCADFeaturepublic2015-01-25 15:59
Reporterpiffpoof Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityN/A
Status closedResolutionno change required 
PlatformMacintoshOSMac OS XOS Version10.6.8
Product Version0.14 
Fixed in Version0.15 
Summary0001861: Alias files not working on Macintosh
DescriptionWhen a File Selection dialog is open, FreeCAD shows Macintosh Aliases as greyed out (i.e. non-selectable).

From Wikipedia "In Mac OS an "Alias" is a small file that represents another object in a local, remote, or removable file system and provides a dynamic link to it; the target object may be moved or renamed, and the alias will still link to it."

I think Windows calls the same facility "shortcut" but I'm not sure about that.

With large disk structures, the lack of support for Alias files forces the FreeCAD user to navigate manually from one tree section to another.

Note: The sidebar on the left hand side of the file selection dialog which basically offers a list of Alias files to select from works perfectly. It is only the Alias files that are in the directory tree structure that fail to operate as Alias files.
Steps To Reproduce1 start FreeCAD
2 File->Open (or any other file selection dialog in FreeCAD)
3 any folder with an alias file will have the alias shown as greyed out (i.e. non-selectable)
Additional InformationIn the attached screen snapshot the 2nd and 11th entries are both Alias files, the 11th points to the folder where the FCMacro files for FreeCAD are stored. These should appear in black which would mean they are selectable. Instead they are greyed out which means they can not be selected.

OS: Mac OS X
Word size: 64-bit
Version: 0.14.3703 (Git)
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-14
Hash: c6edd47334a3e6f209e493773093db2b9b4f0e40
Python version: 2.7.5
Qt version: 4.8.6
Coin version: 3.1.3
SoQt version: 1.5.0
OCC version: 6.7.0
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piffpoof

2014-12-17 10:26

reporter  

screen snapshot.jpg (Attachment missing)

wmayer

2015-01-25 15:45

administrator   ~0005732

https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-15662?page=com.atlassian.streams.streams-jira-plugin:activity-stream-issue-tab

wmayer

2015-01-25 15:59

administrator   ~0005733

Seems to work with Mac OS X 10.8 and Qt 4.8. If the alias file is not selectable you have to switch to 'All files' as filter.

OS: Mac OS X
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.15.4527 (Git)
Branch: master
Hash: 0da2e4c45a9a259c26abd54c2a35393e1c15696f
Python version: 2.7.2
Qt version: 4.8.6
Coin version: 3.1.3
OCC version: 6.7.1

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-12-17 10:26 piffpoof New Issue
2014-12-17 10:26 piffpoof File Added: screen snapshot.jpg
2014-12-17 10:36 shoogen Severity minor => feature
2014-12-17 10:36 shoogen Reproducibility always => N/A
2015-01-25 15:45 wmayer Note Added: 0005732
2015-01-25 15:59 wmayer Note Added: 0005733
2015-01-25 15:59 wmayer Status new => closed
2015-01-25 15:59 wmayer Resolution open => no change required
2015-01-25 15:59 wmayer Fixed in Version => 0.15