Re: [Nautilus-list] Tree view feature requests

[Darin Adler <darin eazel com>]

on 2/13/01 12:41 AM, Aschwin van der Woude at aschwin sofis fi wrote:

> - It would be nice if the directory opens/expands during a drag 'n drop
> to a directory in the tree-view. At this moment I had to open/expand the
> dir by clicking the triangular icon next to the dir-name, before doing
> the dnd operation.

This is definitely something we are aware of. We started on this feature and
had a hard time getting it right. Our bug
<http://bugzilla.eazel.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4788> is about returning to this
issue after version 1.0 of Nautilus is done.

> - Creating directory by right clicking, and selecting from a
> dropdown-menu, on a dir in the tree-view would be a handy feature. At
> the moment I first have to open the directory and than click in the
> right pane, to create a dir.
> This is especially cumbersome If I am about to move files from another
> dir to the new dir. It takes quit many steps to create the dir, and
> finally move the new files there.

This particular suggestion is related to our bug
<http://bugzilla.eazel.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1560>, which is about adding file
operations in general. Your point about how New Folder would be a
particularly useful operation is a good one. Feel free to add remarks to the
bug report or even write a new one if you feel strongly about this point.

> - The tree-view show those triangular icons besides every dir, it would
> be more clear if they would not appear when there are no sub-dirs.

I'm not sure I agree, but I understand the suggestion. If you feel strongly
that this is a good idea, you could put in a feature request into
bugzilla.eazel.com, which will guarantee it won't get lost in the Nautilus
1.0 shuffle and we'll be reminded to consider it later.

    -- Darin