Re: Files's common actions with one clic of mouse

[Anthony <dreadyman16 gmail com>]

Le mardi 20 octobre 2009 à 22:58 -0400, Зоран Рилак a écrit :
> On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 03:33 +0200, Anthony wrote:
> 
> > /******************/
> > /***2. Selection***/
> > /******************/
> > 
> > Then we could use this Action column to add an action concerning every
> > files and folders : 
> > • all extensions and folders : select with check box
> [...]
> > With Ctrl+ mouse_left, Ctrl+a, even Ctrl-s+regexpr, Shit+mouse shortcut
> > you can select many file in a few time but how many users know those
> > shortcut ? I think many people use the keyboard only to write email,
> > chat and tip some text, but not for selection.  
> 
> This I like -- kind of what Vista has, right? 

Yes! after research, it appears that yes :) but i think it could be a
good idea. 

>  It's not a bad idea per
> se to offer visual means of selecting files instead of, to paraphrase,
> "hidden" keyboard shortcuts.  But consider that the new column with
> actions and/or selection checkboxes would probably also begin its life
> cycle as a hidden column, too. 
If it happen it won't be useful for beginners. But if advanced users
what to disable it they will find rapidly. 

>  How many people would go searching for
> it?  I suppose only true Nautilus devs can tackle this :)
>