Re: [Nautilus-list] implementing a snap-to-grid for desktop...

[jpg2 cec wustl edu]

sorry for the double post.

my mailer screwed up.

-jamin

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 jpg2 cec wustl edu wrote:

> 
> A feature of nautilus that I've wanted for a while is a snap-to-grid,
> "tidy icons" or whatever you want to call it, for the desktop.  I've
> taken a look at some of the code behind the nautilus desktop but have
> a few questions.
> 
> First of all, is there technical reasoning behind disallowing any of the
> standard icon sorting methods available to the standard directory view
> on the desktop such as "sort by date", "reverse order", etc.?  
> 
> Why isn't auto layout or zooming allowed on the desktop:
> 
> from /src/file-manager/fm-desktop-icon-view.c:
> ...
> static gboolean
> real_supports_auto_layout (FMIconView *view)
> {
>         /* Can't use auto-layout on the desktop, because doing so
>          * would cause all sorts of complications involving the
>          * fixed-size window.
>          */
>         return FALSE;
> }
>  
> static gboolean
> real_supports_zooming (FMDirectoryView *view)
> {
>         /* Can't zoom on the desktop, because doing so would cause all
>          * sorts of complications involving the fixed-size window.
>          */
>         return FALSE;
> }
> ...
> What "complications involving the fixed-size window" are there?
> 
> Could someone who knows the architecture better than I give me some
> pointers.  What would it take to implement this feature?  I figured
> this might be a good place to start in getting to know the nautilus
> code.  Comments?  
> 
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