Thorsten Wilms wrote: > ... >>> I changed the dividers for resizing from sunken to raised, because >>> drag-handles are usualy and should be raised. Guess that's a theming >>> thing, though. >> >> That's an interesting idea, though it might make drag-and-drop column >> rearrangement less obvious, because the columns would look glued >> together. > > This made me check if you can rearrange columns via drag and drop. > You can't. At least not in Nautilus.
Wow, I'd never noticed that before either. :-) You can in Evolution, though. Reported: <http:/bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411757> Though now that I look at Evolution's implementation, it's pretty nasty. <http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=365385> <http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411768> <http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411787> > ... > I think changing the order of columns would be the best way to > communicate the sequence of multiple sorting. All other ways I can > think of require more complex graphics. > ... That's assuming that displaying the secondary sort order is necessary. I don't think it is (none of the software I've seen that supports secondary sort displays it). And tying sort order to column order would be pretty annoying. Cheers -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
