Re: Patches improving tree view (multi-root and auto-follow)

[Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>]

On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 14:54, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 16:07, Jürg Billeter wrote:
> 
> > There were many discussions about improving the tree view to handle
> > multiple roots. I want to have something like this in nautilus 2.4, so
> > I've implemented a possible version.
> > See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62524
> 
> This implementation uses a tab on the left of the tree, while the
> previous patch[1] someone worked on used multiple root elements. These
> have various pros and cons:
> 
> tabs on left
> pros: 
> * You only see the dirs from the specific root, avoiding confusion.
> * Its easier to locate another root. You don't have to scroll around   
> looking for it.
> cons:
> * Wastes more space horizontally.
> * Two levels of tabs can be confusing. Also makes keynav more
> complicated.
> * The tab can only have an icon, not any descriptive text, that wouldn't
> fit.

I've made a mockup of a new variant where two cons can be removed (ok,
the first just converted from horiz. to vert.) and it doesn't look
konquered *g*. Please have a look at it and tell me what you think about
it. IMO it doesn't look that nice ATM, but that could be improved.

Screenshot:
http://www.bitron.ch/linux/nautilus-2.3.3-tree-2-ss.jpg

Jürg