[Thunar-dev] Right-clickable pathbar?

[Benedikt Meurer]

Biju Chacko wrote:
>>>Right now, when one clicks the pathbar, well, nothing happens.  Would it
>>>be feasible to make pathbar buttons have the same right-click menu as a
>>>folder in the main view would?  I searched bugzilla and couldn't find
>>>anything, but is this in the works?  Shall I submit a feature request?
>>
>>Remember, the path bar is a replacement for the (text-based) location
>>bar, not for the icon/detail view, and as such, its primary (and
>>probably its sole) purpose is navigation. The only action from the
>>context menu that may make sense here, is the "Open in new Window" action.
> 
> I agree that the path bar is a replacement for the location bar. 
> However, what is it's main advantage over the location bar? The fact 
> that it turns each path element into a manipulateable object. Each 
> button represents a shortcut to a directory. As such you should be able 
> to treat it like a directory in the iconview.
> 
> So you should be able to drag and drop to a button, right-click and get 
> the standard directory context menu.
> 
> Just my Rs 0.90 / 45 = $

Done.

> -- b

Benedikt