On 13-11-09 07:42 AM, Andrej N. Gritsenko wrote:
>
> Well, due to difference between web browser and file manager the term
> "address" isn't relevant but "folder" is so I will set the phrase "Go to
> the folder in the location bar" then. Is that correct? Isn't "from" a bit
> better than "in" there?
Calling "/home/ssokolow/Desktop" a folder feels awkward at best. It's a
textual description of the folder's location, not the abstract object
itself. (In the same way that your mailing address and your house aren't
the same thing.)
Since the accepted term for a filesystem object's "address" is "path",
how about "Go to the path in the location bar"?
As for "from", you need to refer to where the path is at the moment the
user is reading the tooltip. That's the main reason you use "in": "from"
indicates source/origin, not current location.
Now, there ARE two ways that text could be rewritten to use "from" but
the first is very awkward and the second doesn't apply to this use case:
1. "Go from the current location to the path in the location bar"
("from" modifying the meaning of the verb "Go" rather than the noun
phrase "the path")
2. "Go to the path from the clipboard" ("from" modifying "the path" but
indicating origin rather than current location. This phrasing would only
make sense in a situation where multiple paths have been retrieved from
different sources and the user is being asked to choose one.)
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