Yo'av Moshe wrote: >I think this idea rocks. > > Me too, however, I think we've got somewhat different pictures as to what the idea is ;). I actually mentioned this as a feature for Thunar as a whole, not just the shortcut pane. It also happens to solve the shortcut pane problem, so it was a nice opportunity to shamelessly plug a wish list item ;).
I had actually drafted an e-mail on the subject, but didn't want to send it until I had a working patch. I've grown sick of being helpless to shape the software I use, and wanted to make a feature request with a patch. Then I realized that there's a problem: I'm a punk programmer. Four years of C and no real projects under my belt mean that I have to beg and plead, instead of doing it myself. That said, I will make a horribly off-topic statement: if anybody knows of an outstanding resource on GLib for noobs, I'd be grateful ;). The "official" tutorial contradicts itself often, doesn't give context, and, um, hasn't even been spell-checked. >The normal solution most applications use - the black line that shows >wheter you're draging an object into or below another object, is nice, >but can confuse and is sometimes hard to do (with a jagged mouse, >e.g.). > >The hovering solution is the best, and can take Thunar a step further >other common file managers.. > >A user chooses folder A this is inside folder B, and want to move it >into D, a folder in the sidepane. He drags A into D, and on the moment >his mouse is hovering D, the content of D is shown on the main pane. >He puts it there, and Thunar goes back to the previeus view. > > Going back to the previous view after the hover takes place is something to which I wholly object. It's confusing, and one has to know that it's going to do this. Besides that, the pathbar doesn't snap back. Really, if you're doing a lot of stuff in the same folder, opening new windows is more viable. >If he wants to drag A into the sidepane, to add it as a shortcut, he >just leaves it anywhere in the sidepane. He shouldn't care seeing D in >the main pane for a few moments. > > If you have to hover for a given period of time (i.e. the same amount of time it takes for the pathbar), seeing D in the main pane shouldn't even be relevant. >I hope you got the idea - it may sound complex, but I think it can put >some smiles on Thunar new users, giving them options without confusing >them. > >Yo'av. > Benedikt: I would like to hear how you feel about hovering in any form. I understand if you purposely don't have an opinion on the matter, other than staying out of it. If you do have any explicit thoughts on the matter, however, please share :). _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list Thunar-dev@xfce.org http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev