Re: [Nautilus-list] Tree view

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs eazel com>]

Sai-Lai Lo <S Lo uk research att com> writes:

> I installed nautilus PR1 yesterday and have been playing with it since
> then. It is impressive!
> 
> A couple of questions have come up:
> 
> 1. The tree view does not seem to follow the Location.
>    When I open the tree view, it always show the root directory.
>    If I change the directory by typing into the Location box or by
>    selecting subdirectories in the main panel, the tree view doesn't
>    follow.
> 
>    Is this intentional or is this a bug? I do hope that the tree view
>    can be made to be in sync with the Location value.

It's a bug that I'm in the process of fixing right now:

http://bugzilla.eazel.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1528

> 2. Typing into the Location box, I notice that it is doing some kind of
>    completion. However I frequently want to go straight to a subdirectory
>    several level down the tree. I don't seem to be able to choose a
>    completion and continue with the directory name next level down.
>    Basically, I'm looking for the completion facility provided by readline
>    or similar packages. Is this a feature provided by nautilus?
>    If not, I do hope this is on the to-do list.

To choose the selection and continue to a further level, hit forward
arrow (rather than the usual Un*x convention of TAB). Unfortunately
though, if you type more once the completion appears the forward arrow
thing stops working; and forward arrow does not add a trailing slash
after directories, making it less convenient to go multiple directory
levels. I'm not sure if there are bugs on these things.

 - Maciej