On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 11:49 -0400, Brian Crockford wrote: > > I agree that the switiching view type when entering a subdirectory in > > column view is bad. But I don't think not doing this is really > > inconsistent. In fact, we already more or less do the same in the list > > view when you expand subdirectories. The way to see it imho is that the > > column view is a view of a whole subtree, starting in the viewed > > directory (much like the list view) and that navigating into a (direct) > > subdirectory isn't really moving away from the view. > > The only issues I see from this are when you have multiple windows > open to the same root directory. Then again, the main reason to use > this view is to work from within one window rather than many, so it's > essentially a non-issue. > > I got in touch with Mark and he's sent me the fruits of his labour. > It's a widget which implements the interface of GtkTreeView using a > different visual style (the stepped view style), or most of one at > least. Theoretically it acts as a drop-in replacement for the > GtkTreeView widget used for Nautilus' list view. With a solid base > this will take less time, so I'll be back when I've got code.
Interesting approach, although a bit unusual. We'll be waiting for further work from you. -- nautilus-list mailing list nautilus-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list