Re: [PROPOSAL] A new menu layout

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 15:43, Martin Wehner wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 15:41 -0800, Raul Acevedo wrote:
> > There are already two patches for this...
> > 
> > 1.  As a menu item: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43472
> > 
> > 2.  As a toolbar button:
> >     http://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-list/2002-February/msg00154.html. 
> > 
> > I've used the menu item patch without problems.  Does anyone know the
> > status of having these in Nautilus 2.5/2.6?
> 
> I gave it a whirl too, and it works mostly fine.
> 
> There's a small issue: This patch [1] makes the hidden files setting a
> folder metadata item. When you change location in non-spatial mode, the
> corresponding menu items aren't updated with the settings of the new
> location.
> I also think that having both backup/hidden menu items is overkill, it
> should be just one hidden files entry, I guess (would be consistent with
> the global setting at least).
> It's also not entirely clear to me if it should be a per-directory or
> per-window setting, and if it should be remembered on a folder basis.

I want it to be a per-window setting. Thats why these patches haven't
been commited in some form.

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