The Type a file name toggles beetwen add and remove the Location text box where you can type a path to an image file. If you don't type any path, the name of the selected file will be displayed. You can also type the first letters of the name: it will be auto-completed and a list of file names beginning with these letters will be displayed.

The Ctrl+L key combination has the same action as this button.

The path to the current folder is displayed. You can navigate along this path by clicking on an element.

Create a folder button: this button lets you add a new folder in the current folder. For some strange reason, this button is not always present and you can't remove this new folder.

Search: this new option is not very handy. You can't set where to search.

Recently used: no comment.

Here, you can access to your main folders and to your store devices.

Here, you can add bookmarks to folders, by using the Add or the Add to Bookmarks option you get by right-clicking a folder in the central pannel, and also remove them.

The contents of the selected folder is displayed here. Change your current folder by double left clicking on a folder in this panel. Select a file with a single left click. You can then open the file you have selected by clicking on the Open button. A double left click opens the file directly. Please note that you can open image files only.

Right-clicking a folder name opens a context menu:

Figure 15.12.  The folder context menu

The selected image is displayed in the Preview window. If it is an image created by GIMP, file size, resolution and image composition are displayed below the preview window.

	Tip
	If your image has been modified by another program, click on the Preview window to update it.

By clicking the Add button, you add the selected folder to bookmarks.

By clicking the Remove, you remove the selected bookmark from the list.

You will generally prefer to to display the names of All images. You can also select All files. You can also limit yourself to a particular type of image (GIF, JPG, PNG ...).

Determine File Type: In most cases you don't need to pay any attention to this, because the GIMP can determine the file type automatically. In a few rare situations, neither the file extension nor internal information in the file are enough to tell GIMP the file type. If this happens, you can set it by selecting it from the list.