Re: [RFE][PATCH] Display free space on device in panels

[Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov gmx net>]

On Fri, 19 May 2006, Jindrich Novy wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 23:42 +0200, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 16:36 +0300, Pavel Tsekov wrote:
> > > Btw if anyone on this list wants to share his thoughts on this patch - now
> > > is the time.
> >
> > Personally I don't like the highlighting of the free space indicator. I
> > find it rather distracting. It suffices that the top of the panel is
> > highlighted, no need to highlight that info for the active panel. IMO
> > the conditional attrset (REVERSE_COLOR) etc should be removed.
>
> I noticed your reply related to the free space widget highlighting also
> on bugzilla. I my opinion it makes the look-and-feel of mc more
> consistent when the free space widget is highlighted. The reasons are:
>
> 1) Everything what is written directly to the panel frame is highlighted
>   (current working directory, directory history widget).

I second that.

> 2) You are sure that you are looking at the correct free space in the
>   panel you are working in. When it wouldn't be highlighted, you need
>   to look up at the panel title to be sure whether it's active since
>   the the highlighted widgets are on top of the panel. This may save
>   you one eye movement ;)

How about moving the free space indicator to same line on which the panel
title is displayed ? How is it implemented in other file managers ?