Re: [Nautilus-list] Open new window for each folder or file

[Glen Gray <glen antefacto com>]

On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 12:20, René Seindal wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get used to use a graphical shell, which is a bit weird,
> as I'm the kind of person that would do image processing from the
> command line.  Nautilus is very nice, though.
> 
We like it :-D

> Anyway, I am playing with the preferences to find something that suits
> me, and I stumbled over the setting to open new windows for each folder
> or file opened.
> 
> Opening a new window for each folder is too much, and I end up spending
> a lot of time getting rid of them, so I have it disabled, but it would
> be nice for files.  So if I have a folder full of images, I'd like to
> select the folder while remaining in the same window, but having the
> images open in new windows.  This is not possible currently.
> 
Right click on the folder and select "Open in New Window" option.

> An alternative to two preference settings would be to be able to
> indicate the desire to open a new window based on the mime type of the
> object that is being opened.  That way one could have separate windows
> for images, but not for text files.
> 
> Part of my problem really is that with a folder view that is very long,
> nautilus doesn't remember the position of the scrollbar when I return
> with the back button.  If I scroll to the bottom of a long list, open an
> image, and return with the back button, I'm back at the start of the
> list.  This is a bit of a nuisance.
> 
That can be a bit of a pain, but I tend to use the above option for
these situations too.

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