[Thunar-dev] Easy browsing

[Benedikt Meurer]

Biju Chacko wrote:
>>>I don't know how easy this would be to implement, but wouldn't it be
>>>nice if, next to the folders which are displayed on top, there would be
>>>a downwards arrow which, when clicked on, will display all folders which
>>>are at the same level as the folder the arrow is next to? I'm not sure
>>>how much memory this would consume, maybe it should load only when
>>>clicked on?
>>
>>Something like this is already on todo, but I'm not yet sure how to do
>>it. Adding another down-arrow button for every path button makes the
>>whole thing look busy. I was thinking to popup a menu if the user holds
>>the mouse over the path button for a given amount of time. Not sure yet.
> 
> It's a nice kind of idea, but IMHO it would be a bit confusing -- it's 
> an unexpected kind of behavior. It's also slightly redundant, since the 
> treeview sidepane would give you the same info. So would clicking on the 
>   button for the parent folder. Both methods are consistent with 
> established UI idioms.
> 
> Perhaps you could have a "Quick Navigate" icon at the beginning of the 
> pathbar which would either:
> 
> * Popup the "Open Location" dialog OR
> 
> * Popup a menu that would represent the directory tree below the 
> currectly selected folder.
> 
> Honestly, though, I suggest that you hold off on any UI changes until 
> after 1.0. You have more than enough to do without adding more.

I agree that it's confusing, and this is not on high priority. Use
http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1104 to add suggestions and
when time permits and somebody came up with a good idea, it will be added.

> -- b

Benedikt