RE: gmc suggestions
- From: "Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>
- To: "'BASS, Ned*'" <nbass shl com>, gnome-list gnome org
- Subject: RE: gmc suggestions
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 13:46:42 -0800
DIRECTORY DIRECTORY DIRECTORY....
there .... folder=bad :)
These suggestions would help speed things up (from the users standpoint)....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BASS, Ned* [SMTP:nbass@shl.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 1:27 PM
> To: Federico Mena Quintero; gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject: gmc suggestions
>
> I would like to offer the following suggestions for gmc:
>
> 1) The behaviour of the tree in the left pane should be such that clicking
> on a plus sign to expand a branch should not change the focus of the right
> pane. The focus of the right pane should only change if the folder in the
> left pane is either selected via a single-click, or expanded via a
> double-click. This facilitates operations in which a file to be moved is
> selected in the right pane, and then branches in the left pane are
> expanded
> to expose the desired destination folder.
>
> 2) My first suggestion would also require that all unexpanded folders in
> the
> tree of the left pane have a plus sign by default. The plus sign would
> disappear if the folder is selected and shown to not contain any
> sub-directories. At present the plus sign is only visible if the folder
> has
> already been expanded and child directories are exposed.
>
> 3) Folder icons in the tree in the left pane should appear open when the
> folder is clicked on to view the contents. This facilitates easy
> identification of the folder whose contents are being displayed in the
> right
> pane. At present I believe a folder's icon will only appear open in the
> tree if it is a "parent" direcotry which has been expanded to expose its
> "children". If a directory with no sub-directories is either selected or
> double clicked, its icon in the tree still appears closed.
>
>
> Ned
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Federico Mena Quintero [mailto:federico@nuclecu.unam.mx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:52 AM
> > To: andrei.popov@citicorp.com
> > Subject: Re: gmc & cursors
> >
> >
> > > In general there is a lot to work on for gmc (and GNOME) to make
> > > DND work as seamlessly as in other (even in _that_ one :)) OS'es.
> >
> > I am taking suggestions. And if you want to be really cool, I am
> > taking patches.
> >
> > Federico
> >
> >
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