Re: configure owner field in list view

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 17:56 +0200, Francesco Fumanti wrote:
> At 5:33 PM +0200 4/11/07, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> >On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 15:18 +0200, Francesco Fumanti wrote:
> >>  Hello,
> >>
> >>  The owner field in the list view shows the simultaneously the login
> >>  name and the full name of the owner of the corresponding file/folder
> >>  in the list.
> >>
> >>  Could anybody please tell me whether there is a way to make the owner
> >>  field only show the login name? (For example by editing a gconf key?)
> >>
> >>  In fact, I find that showing simultaneously the login name and the
> >>  full name is a unnecessary waste of screen space.
> >
> >I don't believe this is currently possible. However, can't you just
> >resize the column so that it only fits to show the login name?
> 
> Yes, I can resize it, but each time that I open a new window, the 
> owner column gets expanded again to see login name and the full name. 
> (It is not the case as long as I open folders in the current window.)

There are bug reports open already for remembering column sizes.
Something we should do.

> Maybe making nautilus give the columns of a new window the same width 
> of the last closed window could be another solution. However, 
> introducing an option to choose the format of the owner column 
> (option 1: login name; option 2: full name; option 3: login name and 
> full name) would be more straightforward.

Saving the column size is *far* more useful for most users than adding a
configuration setting that probably < 1% of all users will ever use.

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