Re: [Nautilus-list] Tip about selections

["John Sullivan" <sullivan eazel com>]

on 10/14/00 4:28 AM, Blad, John Erling at john erling blad aftenposten no
wrote:

> I still don't run Nautilus :(
> He, he..
> 
> Today I had a ton of mails in Outlook (yacc) and starting selecting with
> incremental select. That is [CTRL][Left Button]. Then I realized that what I
> tried to do was "select this mail too and let me peek into it to make sure it
> is destined for bit-heaven". Outlook would newer let me see anything else but
> the first mail I selected. Stupid.
> 
> What happends with the different views in Nautilus when I try to do this? I
> belive I was right and Outlook is wrong about this behaviour.
> 
> The thing is basically "Let the view follow the highlight, not the selection".
> 
> Perhaps I should get myself a zip drive and start Nautilus before someone
> starts a flamewar..

I think you're right about what the behavior in Outlook should be. I've
noticed the same issue with Outlook Express on the Mac.

However, this is not relevant for Nautilus, because Nautilus does not have
an equivalent to the preview panel of Outlook. Nautilus does show file
contents in its own window, but the file contents take up the whole content
area of the window -- you don't simultaneously see selected icons and file
content in the same window.

Perhaps if you actually *tried* Nautilus ...

: )

John