[Thunar-dev] Proposed preferences for Thunar

[Benedikt Meurer]

Jaap Karssenberg wrote:
>>> - Currently, if you click on a pathbar button which is a superdir
>>> of your current location, the subdirectories of the dir you
>>> clicked in disappear from the pathbar.
>>> 
>>> Not only is this inconsistent with the GTK filechooser, it makes
>>> the pathbar less useful,  since if each button represents a
>>> directory and can accept drags, you could put a file into the
>>> directory from which you just came, or rapidly switch back and
>>> forth, or many other uses.
>>> 
>>> I think the pathbar should check if the current location is a
>>> subdir of the directory it's changing to. If it is, it should
>>> leave the buttons alone, else it should clear them.
>> 
>> This was changed per botsie's request. IIRC the exact reason was
>> that it's too confusing for a file manager. Anyways, I don't have
>> any real opinion here, but whatever the solution will be, it should
>> be targeted at easy, intuitive usage, not necessarily power users.
> 
> IMHO if you make it look like the gtk filechooser make sure it
> behaves consistent with it. For the user it is very confusing when
> things look the same but behave differently. Besides, if the gtk
> people found this behaviour intuitive enough why disagree with them?

A valid point indeed. Botsie, what was the point to do otherwise, I 
don't remember? ;-)

Benedikt