On Mit, 2005-10-05 at 19:58 -0300, Matthew Thomas wrote: > On 3 Oct, 2005, at 11:09 AM, Jürg Billeter wrote: > > > > Attached patch replaces the previous typeahead implementation of > > NautilusIconContainer by a port of the implementation of GtkTreeView. > > It is heavily based on that code, just adapted to fit in nautilus. > > This > > adds the visible text search entry and the arrow keys / mouse wheel > > will work as in GtkTreeView. > > > > This might cause usability issues as the arrow keys behave differently > > when in typeahead mode. > > ... > > Indeed. Perhaps you could go the other way, and port the Nautilus > behavior to GtkTreeView instead? :-) The frequent failure of the > Up/Down keys to go to the previous/next item in GtkTreeView (they stop > working at the edges of the subset of items starting with the text > you've entered) aggravates me about a dozen times every day. (I use > gedit at work.) And the pensile text field looks silly, too, though > that's more subjective.
That's what I've done before for nautilus internal purposes[1] ;) but I definitively like the new GtkTreeView behavior better. For example if you have a folder and a file whose names start with the same characters, you currently have to type in almost the whole filename in nautilus; with my patch (or in file chooser) you're able to find your file very quickly by just pressing the down arrow key once. Jürg [1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-list/2004-January/msg00050.html -- Jürg Billeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- nautilus-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
