You should be able to select multiple files in the Open File dialog and have them all open at once. There should also be a checkbox (defaulting to checked) allowing them to be opened in new tabs rather than new windows. Somewhat similar to but also very different from Bug 174334

Finally found where this goes... -> XP Apps: GUI Features

*** Bug 247331 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

This would be fine in Firefox too. I don't know, whether it's better to file the same bug to Firefox, or to change the "Product" header of this bug (what I have no permissions to).

Moving to Firefox. If people want this in Seamonkey, they can file a separate bug. Also confirming.

I agree, I often want to do this and going back and forth from the Gtkfilechooser to the "File" --> "Open File" menuitem is a DRAG... literally and figuratively. (I'm putting a vote for this, too.) Great Idea!

It doesn't seem possible yet to select multiple files in the file picker that mozilla is using. See: http://www.xulplanet.com/tutorials/xultu/filedialog.html So I guess that should be implemented first

(In reply to comment #6) > It doesn't seem possible yet to select multiple files in the file picker that > mozilla is using.... So I guess that should be implemented first. I'll do a quick clarification: Firefox/Mozilla uses the gtkfilechooser() from the 'Gnome Tookit'. It can be called with an option to allow multiple files to be chosen, turning on that option is probably a one-line change. BUT, handling the fact that multiple files may now come back (and need to be opened in Tabs) is a bigger job: Code can possibly be adapted from, or maybe even shared with, current code which supports 'Open an entire Folder of Bookmarks as Separate Tabs'. I'm not a FF Developer (and I can't program my way out of a paper bag). But this is the strategy which my previous 'it uses gtkfilechooser' hint was meant to point at. Thanks for your post showing that this was not AT ALL obvious from my very few words above. - - - - - BTW, if you're asking about Mozilla/Seamonkey, read above and understand that this bug is now for Firefox ONLY-- a new bug must be opened against SeaMonkey if you want to see the feature implemented there.

safari 4 has support for this, check demo here: http://www.3site.eu/jstests/upload/ would be a crucial bug to fix in order if we want to ditch flash for file uploads

(In reply to comment #8) > safari 4 has support for this, check demo here: > http://www.3site.eu/jstests/upload/ > > would be a crucial bug to fix in order if we want to ditch flash for file > uploads That is unrelated. This bug is about viewing multiple files on the hard drive, not uploading them.