That sounds very similar to Apple's patented "spring loaded folders". I am not going to comment on what I think of that patent, but I think there may be a GNOME policy to avoid similar features. Someone with more knowledge of this issue can probably comment.
On Mar 21, 2007, at 7:58 AM, Francesco Fumanti wrote: > Hello, > > Here is another feature that I would like to have in nautilus > column view: > > Assuming we have 2 volumes on the static left column in the column > view of nautilus, named volumeA and volumeB, and that I want to copy > a file (or folder) from volumeA to volumeB. > > It should be possible to do it this way: > > - I navigate opening the columns of volumeA until the file that I > want to copy becomes visible > - I drag the file on the icon of volumeB > - the fact that the file hoovers over volumeB, erases all the columns > (in other words, the path to the file in volumeA gets erased) and > builds the first level of volumeB in the first column > - by hoovering with the file over a folder on the first level of > volumeB, the contents of that folder gets listed in the next column > - and so on, until I get where I want the file to be copied, which is > done by simply dropping the file on that place. > > By the way, the same should also work when moving files inside a > volume: by dragging the file on the volumes icon, all the columns > should be erased allowing the user to navigate to any other folder of > that folder. > > Don't hesitate to contact me if something is not clear. > > Francesco > -- > nautilus-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list -- nautilus-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
