Inspecting `FileLocator desktop` hangs

[khinsen]

Inspecting the result of FileLocator desktop makes GT hang and requires Primary-. to recover control.

It is not executing FileLocator desktop that hangs, but inspecting the result.

In a Pharo/Morphic playground, trying the same yields an error message:

Following the advice given there, I find that the inspector tries to read the directory corresponding to FileLocator desktop as a GIF image, which is what raises the error. I don't know why this attempt is made, nor if the GT inspector does the same.

[hellerve]

I also see the hang, but for me it seems to be caused by a different issue: a morph is spawned/tried to be spawned (see below), which is only visible in Morphic. That seems to block the execution of the method for me.

[girba]

Nice catch. We need an intercept of that notification.