I would definitely have to disagree. The most often used action is always going to be "Open". So it follows that open (and open with) should be at the very top of the menu, not near the bottom. This *always* throws me off when I try to "open with". Every file manager puts this at the top for good reason.
Having Open (with the default app) is helpful as a validation. If I'm unsure what app will open and I go to look for "Open with" and it's not present... well that's going to feel weird. But if I already know what app will open and I see it in the "Open with" menu it's going to make me question just wtf *is* the default app for this mime type. So It is important to make a user feel comfortable and educated about their system. Open With and Contractor are absolutely *not* the same. Open With spawns another application, Contractor initiates an action. This is akin to the "Send to" menu from Nautilus. Not the same as Open at all. You also forgot the colors which is currently floating in the middle of the menu. It should be the 2nd-to-last item since it's a "set and forget" option. It's certainly not more common than the actions it currently sits above. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of elementary desktop team, which is the registrant for Marlin. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/825923 Title: re-organize context menus Status in Marlin: New Bug description: The organization of the current context menus is a little odd. I'd like to propose a new organization that (hopefully) puts more used items towards the top and lesser used items towards the bottom. It's organization also allows menus to be more consistent in their placement amongst themselves (even though they contain different items). Note that I used the phrase "Get Info" instead of "Properties". I feel like this is a more friendly wording, but this is only my opinion and I won't protest if you disagree on that point. Here is the proposal: ### Click in an Empty Space: Create New Folder... -- Select All Paste -- Show Hidden Files and Folders -- Get Info ### Click on a Folder: Open Open in New Tab -- Cut Copy Paste into Folder -- %Contractor -- Rename... -- Move to Trash Delete -- Colors -- Get Info ### Click on an Item: Open with "DefaultAppName" Open with > -- Cut Copy -- %Contractor -- Rename... -- Move to Trash Delete -- Colors -- Get Info To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/marlin/+bug/825923/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementaryart Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementaryart More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
