Hi, Am Freitag, den 17.02.2006, 12:21 -0700 schrieb Peter: > Benedikt Meurer wrote: > > >Peter wrote: > > > > > >>Right now, when one clicks the pathbar, well, nothing happens. Would it > >>be feasible to make pathbar buttons have the same right-click menu as a > >>folder in the main view would? I searched bugzilla and couldn't find > >>anything, but is this in the works? Shall I submit a feature request? > >> > >> > > > >Remember, the path bar is a replacement for the (text-based) location > >bar, not for the icon/detail view, and as such, its primary (and > >probably its sole) purpose is navigation. The only action from the > >context menu that may make sense here, is the "Open in new Window" action. > > > > > Actually, this is why I sent the e-mail. I wanted to open a pathbar > button in a new window, and I instinctively right-clicked it. > Instinctive behavior is good, and I'd be interested to see how many > others have tried it without thinking. Looking at the right-click > context menu of a normal directory for me shows the following: > > Open > Open in New Window > Add Folder to Shortcuts > Copy File > Cut File > Delete File > Paste Files into Folder > Rename > Open Terminal Here > Properties > > You knew that, you put it there, but first let's observe the ones that I > think we can all agree don't make sense: > > Cut > Delete > Rename > > These would be confusing, and I don't think anybody would really use > them.
yeah > Not to mention the hacks that I imagine would be required. > Now > let's observe how each one of the others could be used as compared to > the main view. > Open: Pointless, all we have to do is click, right? All we have to do > is double-click the icon, same thing. Actually, this brings up an > earnest question, why is this here in the main view? I'm sure there's a > good reason; I just don't know what it is. it's just common to do so, and it's nice to have all the possible actions (even the obvious) in the menu. > > Open in New Window: As you said this one is the most promising. There > isn't another way to do this here AFAIK. Please correct. > > Add Folder to Shortcuts: We can drag them right now, why do we need > this? Umm, same with Icon view. Not everyone knows you can drag it. Not everyone can use a mouse to drag&drop (or _has_ a mouse, for that matter - think touchscreen). > Paste Files into Folder: This would be useful for the pathbar buttons > the same way it is for the main view. Hmm, if you think it's good to paste into somewhere you currently cannot see, okay. btw: I never got why cut+copy+paste in file managers is as bad as it is (I can imagine why they are implemented the way they are, but please... if it doesn't work as a metapher, don't use the metapher and call it "fooize" and "barize" instead). Like: Folder A File A <-- cut this delete folder A goto folder B paste *bam* > > Open Terminal Here: I understand that this is a custom action, and I > also realize that there would be "environment" issues (not good wording, > I think you know what I mean) putting custom actions into the pathbar. > In fact, custom actions in the pathbar sounds like a bad idea. That > said, if Open Terminal Here were in a pathbar context menu, I'd use it. I'd say it fits for "Open Terminal", but not for a whole lot of other custom actions... > > Properties: I don't know if this is useful here. I don't use the > Properties dialog very often anyway, so I'm not really sure. I can > imagine that the permissions page could be an issue here, and I don't > know if Gamin would be required to or could deal with it. Not really useful. > > So far the only thing I've wanted the pathbar context menus for is Open > in New Window, and I'd be psyched to see it there. yeah... and middle-click to open a new window? :) > Well, that and Open > Terminal in New Window, but that's a different can of worms. The other > stuff, I dunno. Lot's of stuff I don't know. ^ is noob. I feel that > some things would be useful there for the same reasons they're useful > elsewhere. Anyway, I'll dig around some more so I can maybe approach > understanding this. Now that I look at it, the code is equally > impressive as the result. cheers, Danny _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list Thunar-dev@xfce.org http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev