Re: Column view update & issues

["Gene Z. Ragan" <diskzero mac com>]

That sounds very similar to Apple's patented "spring loaded  
folders".   I am not
going to comment on what I think of that patent, but I think there  
may be
a GNOME policy to avoid similar features.  Someone with more knowledge
of this issue can probably comment.

On Mar 21, 2007, at 7:58 AM, Francesco Fumanti wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Here is another feature that I would like to have in nautilus  
> column view:
>
> Assuming we have 2 volumes on the static left column in the column
> view of nautilus, named volumeA and volumeB, and that I want to copy
> a file (or folder) from volumeA to volumeB.
>
> It should be possible to do it this way:
>
> - I navigate opening the columns of volumeA until the file that I
> want to copy becomes visible
> - I drag the file on the icon of volumeB
> - the fact that the file hoovers over volumeB, erases all the columns
> (in other words, the path to the file in volumeA gets erased) and
> builds the first level of volumeB in the first column
> - by hoovering with the file over a folder on the first level of
> volumeB, the contents of that folder gets listed in the next column
> - and so on, until I get where I want the file to be copied, which is
> done by simply dropping the file on that place.
>
> By the way, the same should also work when moving files inside a
> volume: by dragging the file on the volumes icon, all the columns
> should be erased allowing the user to navigate to any other folder of
> that folder.
>
> Don't hesitate to contact me if something is not clear.
>
> Francesco
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