RE: shift=and-close-the-current-folder?

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> > 1 There seems to be a lot of opposition to 
> >   1.1 using ctrl instead of the ususual shift "modifier 
> key" for this.
> >   1.2 removing the ctrl-alt-arrow switch-workspace metacity feature,
> >       instead of removing the shift-alt-arrow move-to-workspace 
> >       feature.
> > - I think that the problem of shift-double-click changing the 
> >   selection is not a big problem. The Mac OS already has 
> this feature 
> >   and this problem and I think hardly anybody ever noticed 
> it before.
> >   I think "opening many items and closing the single parent 
> window at
> >   the same time" is not a common operation. It's more 
> common that you
> >   want to close the parent window when navigating to an 
> item, opening
> >   one folder each time, and that will not have this problem.
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> 
> Also, what does shift-double-click mean if there are several 
> selected items?

I think it means "open some of the items and close the parent". It's not a
very nice "feature", but my point is that I don't think that's  a big
problem. We could prevent any opening as a result of shift-double-clicking
(with an explanatory dialog) if that makes you feel better.

Murray Cumming
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