Re: [patch] [bug 408155] ellipsize filename column



On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 08:29 +0100, Christof Krüger wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 15:20 +0100, Christian Persch wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > attached patch implements ellipsisation for the filename column. I had
> > to make the column expand because otherwise it would come up with just
> > the "..." shown for each filename; this way it always fills the
> > available space which looks better.
> Hi,
> 
> I've already commented on bug 408155 but I'm not sure if this will get
> attention because the bug is already marked as fixed.
> 
> Making the name column expand yields very strange behavior when resizing
> columns. Browsing around is a pain in the back now. Usually, I use
> several windows which I also tend to resize from time to time depending
> on the situation. With an expanded name column, the width of the column
> changes whenever resizing the nautilus window. I see myself constantly
> resizing columns when working with nautilus. In certain situations it
> doesn't even let me do what I want (see my comment on bug
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=408155 ).

Yeah, its a bit weird. I removed the expand and made it default to 16
chars wide instead.

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