Re: [PATCH] - New sidepanel plug-in for Gtk bookmarks and places

[Michele Cella <michele cella gmail com>]

Raphael Bosshard wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 14:09 +0200, Jakub Steiner wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 15:21 +0200, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I would also suggest replacing the URI bar with the button structure as
> > > featured in the file dialog. 
> >
> >
> > The path bar is pretty cool. There is one problem with it though, its
> > very hard to type in a location (as this opens a new window), which is
> > actually pretty common. This is a common complaint about the Gtk+
> > filechooser.
> >
> > If we go for a pathbar in Nautilus we really have to solve the input-uri
> > thing better than the filechooser.
>
> I wrote a patch for gThumb yesterday, replacing the location entry with
> a pathbar. (It's a mit whacky, so I'll probably rewrite it). Maybe
> "replace" is the wrong word for the location entry is just hidden by 
> default. Hitting ctrl+L will hide the pathbar and unhide the location 
> entry, after pressing enter or tab the location entry is hidden again and
> the pathbar re-appears.
>
> Maybe that would be a solution for Nautilus? In this case I'd suggest to
> make it sensible to / also, just like the file selector.
>
> Raphael

IMHO that's a good solution.

You avoid a new dialog popping up just to open a different location. 
CTRL-L (or Go to Location) should simply replace the pathbar with the 
location entry and bring it back when done.
This way you get the best from both worlds as the pathbar is really 
great for browsing while the entry to type a new (totally different) 
location. Moreover all location related widgets (pathbar/entry) will 
maintain their actual position on the nautilus window without confusing 
nautilus users.

It would be really great to get a pathbar in nautilus 2.12, any possibility?

Ciao
Michele