hey guys & gals, xubuntu uses the open source thunar file manager, and catfish file search app, but xubuntu team is not the developer of either.
I believe such a thunar feature request would have to go through the applications actual development team: http://thunar.xfce.org/ -- thanks, brian On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:25:21 +0400 Michele Mor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > I'm not a dev, but my 2 cents about this. > > > I've just elaborated a very easy to do proposed solution about this > > 'search thing' - what do You think about? To integrate Catfish into > > Thunar is a bit complicated I think so forget it, leave Catfish as > > a standalone application and use it, but: > > > > 1. Rename it to 'File Finder' (as I wrote before its name tells > > nothing about its function). Move it close to Application Finder in > > Accessories (You can do it easily by Main Menu Editor). I think > > Application Finder and File Finder is a nice unit with clear names. > > > > 2. Insert File Finder into Thunar's File menu (it could simply > > launch File Finder as a standalone app in the actual folder). It > > needs to picking the code of Thunar, only programmers can do it. > > > > I think this solution is really easy to do, does not need big > > developments, but has got advantages: clear for everybody, > > accessible from most adequate places. > > > > See the mockup: > > http://ubuntuone.com/1aQxStk30agDyA5WqOwKFU > > > This is not bad, but I still prefer your previous mockup. > Having a "file finder" or "file filter" on your Thunar window is a > huge advantage for a user. For example, if you download a file .mp3 > and then open your "Download" folder it would be much easier to > identify that file if you could restrict Thunar to show only .mp3 > files. As it has been mentioned earlier, Win and Mac do the same, why > can't Xubuntu? > > Thanks. > Michele > -- thanks, nairb -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
