On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 14:52 +0100, Maurizio Colucci wrote: > Hello there, > > I have always wondered why, in order to act upon a folder F, I must > be viewing not F, but its *parent*. > > Example: Suppose I have a nautilus window displaying folder > /foo/bar. In order to delete "bar", I have to go to the *parent* > folder (foo). > > This seems illogical to me. And the problem is even more apparent > with spatial nautilus: here, a window and a folder are strongly > identified, so I should be able to act on a folder when I am viewing > its window. > > Proposed solution: add a checkbox, or a button, in each nautilus > window. This checkbox allows you to select and deselect THE FOLDER > ITSELF. Then you can act upon it the traditional way (with the edit > menu, or by right-clicking). > > I am not sure if this also allows to drag an open folder to another > place.
A good place to start would be: http://bitpoetry.com/programs/metacity-parent-menu/ To finish off the feature, you'd need to: - have it added to the _NETWM properties - have a document icon always added next to the title - have drag working from that icon - make the icons in the drop-down use the proper icons depending on the theme and get all the patches accepted :) --- Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
