[Thunar-dev] various observations

[Benedikt Meurer]

Jaap Karssenberg wrote:
> 1) When the window is in "detailed list" mode I can't select multiple 
> files with the mouse because the whole window is filled with drag 
> sources. In rox only the name column is a drag source so you can start 
> selecting from the second column.

http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1464

Once GtkTreeView provides rubberband selection, it'll be available in
Thunar's detailed list view. No weird hacks.

> 2) When in "detailed list" mode you can not drag multiple files. If I 
> select multiple files with the keyboard and I try to drag them with the 
> mouse I only drag one files instead of the selection. Maybe this is 
> related to 1) ?

That's the expected behaviour. Hold down Control to drag multiple files.
Tho, while thinking about it, it doesn't necessarily make much sense...
dunno.

> 3) I'm missing the Alt-down keybinding. Alt-up,left&right work as 
> expected, but down doesn't. The gtk+ filechooser has implemented this 
> keybinding to go downward in the pathbar. I'm kind of used to this 
> key-binding.

Hm, this will be tricky. But should be doable. Please file a bugreport.

> Also I have one wish-list item. Could there also be a list view which is 
> _not_ a detailed list. Thunar does not create much overview in large 
> directories, the icon view shows relatively few items, even when zoomed 
> out and the list view uses a lot of the screen for details. A view with 
> filenames besides the icons (a list view) but without details can fit 
> the most files in the window area; I would really like this.

Doesn't the icon view with text-beside-icons do that already? I.e.

http://foo-projects.org/~benny/tmp/thunar-list-view.png

> Thanks!
> -- Jaap <pardus at cpan.org>

greets,
Benedikt