Henrik Gemal Reporter
	Description • 25 years ago

If you download a file of unknown file type (currently all files) you're
presented with the "Unknown File Type" dialog. If you press "Save File..." you
get the "Save File" dialog. If you press Cancel in this dialog the "Unknown File
Type" should go away.

Build 2000052420 on Win2k

	Blake Ross
	Comment 1 • 25 years ago

I'm not sure if I agree with this.  Standard Win32 behavior is that cancel 
closes that dialog only, and doesn't affect other dialogs.  If we're going to 
do what you suggest, I suggest we hide the "Unknown File Type" dialog first, 
then show the native save dialog (so pressing cancel doesn't seem to close two 
windows at once)...still, I'm not a big fan of this idea either, since someone 
might want to, say, click "More Info..." while the native save dialog is open 
(and they couldn't do so if the "Unknown File Type" was hidden)

How does 4.x handle this?

	Sean Richardson
	Comment 2 • 25 years ago

Results for NN 4.7 on Win32, clicking on file.xyzzy:
Unknown file type dialog for type chemical/x-pdb; click on Save As;
Save As dialog replaces Unknown file type dialog; after cancelling it,
the Unknown file type dialog does not return.

Results for Mozilla 2000-05-26-08 on Win32, clicking on file.xyzzy:
Unknown file type dialog for type chemical/x-pdb; click on Save As;
Save As dialog appears non-modally over Unknown file type dialog; the 
Unknown file type dialog remains operable; after cancelling the Save As dialog,
the Unknown file type dialog remains.

This is one of those areas where it isn't possible to please everyone. The
essential question is whether to allow for the user to change his or her mind
about what to do after clicking on the [Save As] button. The 4xp answer is no,
on Win32 at least.

Matthew, how does this work on 4.x on a Mac? Hint for reproducing: the file
extension must be recognized as corresponding to a registered MIME type that
Mozilla knows about but can't handle. 

	Matthew T (active 1999-2002)
	Comment 4 • 25 years ago

Results on Mac are the same as Sean describes for Windows -- closing the `what do 
you want to do' dialog before the save dialog opens. And I think this is the 
right thing to do.

Customer: Gidday.
Bartender: Hi there ... would you like a beer, a vodka, a G&T, an orange juice,
  or nothing at all?
Customer: Uh ... give me an orange juice, I guess.
Bartender: Ok, orange juice coming right up ... so, where on disk would you like
  to save that orange juice?
Customer: Hmmm ... actually, I'm not thirsty right now. Forget it.
Bartender: Right ... So would you like a beer, a vodka, a glass of wine, an
  orange juice, or nothing at all?
Customer: Now you're just being stupid. [exits, stage right]

	Chris McAfee
	Comment 5 • 25 years ago

bill was working on related things, over to him.

	sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)
	Comment 6 • 25 years ago

marking all platform as per mpt's comment (v. amusing dialog there, too ;).

	Bill Law Assignee
	Comment 7 • 24 years ago

Note that 40098 was resolved WONTFIX.  The dialog in question is going away per
bug 28584.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 40098 ***

	Loco
	Comment 8 • 24 years ago

VERIFIED.