Re: [Nautilus-list] open in this window / shortcut behavior

[Benedikt Roth <Benedikt Roth gmx net>]

On Tue 30, 09:43:46, Darin Adler wrote:
> on 10/30/01 9:01 AM, Jonathan LaCour at panix-lists skinnee net wrote:
> 
> > I recall on Macintosh that I used to have the option to hold down a key
> > on the keyboard (either option or command, I do not recall) when double
> > clicking on a folder.  This would open the selected folder in a new
> > window, and close the old window behind it.  I do not like having to
> > right click on a file and have it open in a new window, as I beleive
> > that the shortcut is actually much faster and would be recognizable by
> > Mac users.
> 
> Yes. I was working on the Finder at Apple in 1988 when we added this
> feature. We called it "tunneling". When you open something with the option
> key down, the window you opened it from closes behind you.

Why open a new window if the old one will be closed? Wouldn't it make more
sense (and be lots faster) to just open the folder in the same window? 

So you could generally use eg. the Ctrl-key to temporarily change the option
"Open each file or folder in a separate window".

Regards,

	Benedikt