Erlend Davidson wrote: > Gtk has by standard a filtering feature like this. It works in Thunar. > When you're in a directory start typing (like you would in Windows > Explorer to find a file) and you'll see a textbox appear at the bottom > right containing whatever you're typing. The contents of the directory > will be filtered accordingly.
I guess you're talking about typeahead in GtkTreeView and ExoIconView. That's a different approach. Filtering would show only the matching files/folders. >>2 - Sorting of filenames could be also improved if they were sorted >>non-case sensitively. > > Yes! I very much agree with this - it's the main reason I used Rox for > so long. People don't remember the exact filename and often don't > remember the case of the first letter. As said, there's MiscCaseSensitive. I could probably change the default to FALSE. Dunno. > I'd quite like it to be easier to change between the Location Selector > between the pathbar and toolbar styles - perhaps if you roll the > mouse-wheel over it then it switches between being a pathbar and a > toolbar. This is useful when you want to copy and paste the path of the > directory you are in. Well, Ctrl+L will always focus the location selector (pops up a dialog in pathbar mode). > I remember reading about the MacOSX Filer columns-view in thunar a while > ago - will this be implemented one day? It's very good for > copying/moving files around. Can a plugin do something like this? No, currently plugins cannot provide additional views. > Also, is thunar going to have some kind of search feature? Would > integration with Beagle or locate be a plugin rather than a feature? Some day, yes. Maybe in thunar-vfs (transparently for apps) or as a plugin. Benedikt _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list [email protected] http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev
