Apologies if this is a different bug altogether.
I agree there is a perfectly good use case for retaining the ability to open
folders with other applications, as with files.
For instance, I like to open movie or music folders (not necessarily as a
default action though) with totem, so that all the files contained in the
folder appear in the playlist. This is particularly useful for multiply nested
folders. I have been doing so since Edgy, I believe.
My problem now, since the introduction of these new 'features' is twofold.
1) While I still have the ability to right-click on a folder and choose 'Open
With Other Application', and, say, select Totem to open the folder, this option
does not automatically become part of an 'Open With' list of associated viewers
(even if the 'Remember' tickbox is checked). I have to physically fire up the
'Open With Other Application' dialog and look up Movie Player from the list
every time I want to do this.
2) Since there is no 'Open With' tab in the 'Properties' section for folders
anymore either, I cannot add Totem as an option this way either. (Note I
obviously don't want totem to be my default folder viewer, but I *do* want it
to be an easily accessible associated viewer for when dealing with particular
folders)
Also, I seem to remember that opening an app with a different program
(and checking the 'remember' tickbox) didn't necessarily make that
program the default, unless you specified it in the properties section
... am I making this up? Was that changed on purpose? If so, then my
suggestion would be to somehow be very explicit what 'Remember this app'
does, or perhaps add another dependent checkbox, like so:
[x] Remember this app (i.e. add it to the list of default handlers, but not
necessarily as *the* default viewer)
[ ] Make this app the default handler for this filetype (tickbox greyed
out if the first one is unchecked)
This way, the user knows exactly what will happen with that viewer, and I
believe is a reasonably user-friendly way of doing it.
(i.e. not inundated by checkboxes.)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366963
Title:
nautilus "open with" property no longer available for folders
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