Biju Chacko wrote: >>>I don't know how easy this would be to implement, but wouldn't it be >>>nice if, next to the folders which are displayed on top, there would be >>>a downwards arrow which, when clicked on, will display all folders which >>>are at the same level as the folder the arrow is next to? I'm not sure >>>how much memory this would consume, maybe it should load only when >>>clicked on? >> >>Something like this is already on todo, but I'm not yet sure how to do >>it. Adding another down-arrow button for every path button makes the >>whole thing look busy. I was thinking to popup a menu if the user holds >>the mouse over the path button for a given amount of time. Not sure yet. > > It's a nice kind of idea, but IMHO it would be a bit confusing -- it's > an unexpected kind of behavior. It's also slightly redundant, since the > treeview sidepane would give you the same info. So would clicking on the > button for the parent folder. Both methods are consistent with > established UI idioms. > > Perhaps you could have a "Quick Navigate" icon at the beginning of the > pathbar which would either: > > * Popup the "Open Location" dialog OR > > * Popup a menu that would represent the directory tree below the > currectly selected folder. > > Honestly, though, I suggest that you hold off on any UI changes until > after 1.0. You have more than enough to do without adding more.
I agree that it's confusing, and this is not on high priority. Use http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1104 to add suggestions and when time permits and somebody came up with a good idea, it will be added. > -- b Benedikt _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list [email protected] http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev
