[Thunar-dev] GtkFileChooser-like UI

[Biju Chacko]

Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> Biju Chacko wrote:
> 
>>>> The row of location buttons at the top of the icon view will take up 
>>>> unnecessary space if the window also has a toolbar.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thats one of the major problems I see here as well 
>>> (http://thunar.xfce.org/wiki/ui:gtkfilechooser-like#possible_problems). 
>>> On the other side I have to admit, that I'd need a toolbar mostly to 
>>> press the Up-button, which is obsolete with the GtkFileChooser-like 
>>> approach.
>>
>>
>> I suggest that you drop the toolbar all together. The only things that 
>> are not redundant are the "Filesystem" and "Shortcut" buttons. Perhaps 
>> Evolution 2.0 style buttons at the bottom of the sidebar could replace 
>> them?
> 
> 
> Hm, I dunno if we need a one click solution here. IMHO, the shortcuts 
> bar is a good default for a GtkFileChooser-like layout and the treeview 
> is a good default for a Window Explorer-like layout. With these 'sane' 
> defaults, I think it's ok to have no 'fast-switch' buttons around (if 
> somebody needs them, he can enable the toolbar and add the buttons to 
> the toolbar).

IMHO, fast-switch will be important. However, that may be better served 
by a key-combination rather than a button since it will possibly be 
important only to "advanced" users. In short, ditch the one-click 
solution in favour of a clean UI.

-- b