Hi there,
Yes, I can explain.
When you are looking through the file browser, up on the address bar (that
normally shows you where you are in the files structure), you see
something like /this_drive/this_folder/another_folder/current_folder.
Breadcrumbs are the iconic equivalent of the this text, to show you where
you have been to get to the current folder or path. The breadcrumbs are
(from memory) above the addressbar. So in summary, the Breadcrumbs are a
string of buttons named after the navigated directories hightlight where the
user has been.
In some operating systems (eg: Vista) you can see where you have been using
these Breadcrumbs, and go back by clicking on them (at any level). This is
very handy for navigating.
This feature is also in Ubuntu, *however*, when you navigate via the My
computer icon, the directory structure (rightly) changes, but the
navigation breadcrumbs do also.
To reproduce the problem:
Go to the main menu: -Places-Computer.
In the resulting file exploration window, click any multi-level heirarchy
file container. I'm going to use a CD Rom in my example.
Open CD-RW TEST-First Level-Second Level (for example)
Hit the arrow buttons at the beginning of the breadcrumbs chain of
icons...
Notice: you will see that you have two predecessors that weren't there
before: A drive icon, and media.
Navigating up and back to media is confusing, as the icons change, and the
Computer isn't navigable by the UP arrow, or the trail. However, the back
arrow still successfully navigates to Computer.
Expectations: To navigate via the Breadcrumb trail back through Computer,
and not to see /media/ there.
I appreciate this might not map to the physical mapping of the mounted
drive, but if so, the Computer paradigm doesn't map nicely.
Anyway, that's my suggestion / observation. I hope that it made sense!
Thanks for your time,
Tim Mead
On 4/16/07, Sebastien Bacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank you for your bug. What is breadcrumbs? Could you describe what
you do, what happens and what you expect?
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
Status: Unconfirmed = Needs Info
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