[Thunar-dev] (small?) Feature request

[Stephan Arts]

On 4/13/06, Jannis Pohlmann <info at sten-net.de> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:47:26 +0200
> Christian Göbel <goebel at ires.ucl.ac.be> wrote:
>
> > When using Thunar with the icon-view it regularly happens
> > that I need some additional information about a file or
> > a folder.
> > Right now I have the choice between:
> > a) changing to the detailed list view / and change back to
> > the icon-view afterwards
> > or
> > b) using the properties dialog (e.g. right click, Properties,
> > Permissions) Both can be quite annoying.
> >
> > I would be nice to have additional information for the active file or
> > folder in  the Statusbar.
> > Right now I can see there "Name" (Size) Type   when clicking on a
> > file.
> >
> > I would love to see all the information of the detailed list-view.
> > (This would even be configurable by the View/Configure Columns!)
> > This would save me a lot of time and would extend usability of the
> > icon-view for all users - I guess ;-)
>
> Another idea would be to add tooltips for this to the icon view.
>
> - Jannis

Or, showing the data in another view for the left-pane.

Stephan