Improve the error messages when adding a new file or folder without selecting a location

2019-10-23 20:32:12 +02:00
parent 9aeffdd333
commit 0f67e9b971
1 changed files with 9 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -98,8 +98,16 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):

        if itemClass is None and pHandle is not None:
            itemClass = self.theProject.getItem(pHandle).itemClass
+
        if itemClass is None:
-            self.makeAlert("Failed to find an appropriate item class for item %s" % pHandle, nwAlert.BUG)
+            if itemType is not None:
+                if itemType == nwItemType.FILE:
+                    self.makeAlert("Please select a location in the tree to add a document.", nwAlert.ERROR)
+                    return False
+                elif itemType == nwItemType.FOLDER:
+                    self.makeAlert("Please select a location in the tree to add a folder.", nwAlert.ERROR)
+                    return False
+            self.makeAlert("Failed to add new item.", nwAlert.BUG)
            return False

        logger.verbose("Adding new item of type %s and class %s to handle %s" % (