Re: Steps View - Miller Column View/Mode For Nautilus

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 11:49 -0400, Brian Crockford wrote:

> > I agree that the switiching view type when entering a subdirectory in
> > column view is bad. But I don't think not doing this is really
> > inconsistent. In fact, we already more or less do the same in the list
> > view when you expand subdirectories. The way to see it imho is that the
> > column view is a view of a whole subtree, starting in the viewed
> > directory (much like the list view) and that navigating into a (direct)
> > subdirectory isn't really moving away from the view.
> 
> The only issues I see from this are when you have multiple windows
> open to the same root directory. Then again, the main reason to use
> this view is to work from within one window rather than many, so it's
> essentially a non-issue.
> 
> I got in touch with Mark and he's sent me the fruits of his labour.
> It's a widget which implements the interface of GtkTreeView using a
> different visual style (the stepped view style), or most of one at
> least. Theoretically it acts as a drop-in replacement for the
> GtkTreeView widget used for Nautilus' list view. With a solid base
> this will take less time, so I'll be back when I've got code.

Interesting approach, although a bit unusual. We'll be waiting for
further work from you.