[PIVOT-1064] Add character set selection as a standard but optional part of FileBrowserSheet

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.0
• Component/s: wtk, wtk-terra
• Assignee: Roger Lee Whitcomb
• Reporter: Roger Lee Whitcomb
• Created: 08/Oct/21 08:02
• Updated: 08/Oct/21 08:02

Description

Pretty much every time I implement a FileBrowser as para of a semi-serious application I need to figure out /specify the charset to use for load or save. There is already a rather ugly hook for placing extra controls in a FileBrowserSheet that is used for this purpose in one demo program. But having a style or attribute as a standard part of the control would be a lot nicer.

Open questions include:

• Where to place it for best layout?
• How to specify the selection of charsets? Most-common or all or some subset or custom?
• Style vs attribute in the control?
• API to get / set the value and set default.
• Obviously doesn’t need to show for directory selection.
• Should it be in FileBrowser itself or Sheet?
• What about VFSBrowser?