[Thunar-dev] user interface ideas

[Erlend Davidson]

> Erlend Davidson wrote:
>   
>> Gtk has by standard a filtering feature like this.  It works in Thunar.  
>> When you're in a directory start typing (like you would in Windows 
>> Explorer to find a file) and you'll see a textbox appear at the bottom 
>> right containing whatever you're typing.  The contents of the directory 
>> will be filtered accordingly.
>>     
>
> I guess you're talking about typeahead in GtkTreeView and ExoIconView.
> That's a different approach. Filtering would show only the matching
> files/folders.
>   
Ah right.  Yes that would be useful.
>   
>>> 2 - Sorting of filenames could be also improved if they were sorted  
>>> non-case sensitively.
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>> Yes!  I very much agree with this - it's the main reason I used Rox for 
>> so long.  People don't remember the exact filename and often don't 
>> remember the case of the first letter.
>>     
>
> As said, there's MiscCaseSensitive. I could probably change the default
> to FALSE. Dunno.
>
>   
>> I'd quite like it to be easier to change between the Location Selector 
>> between the pathbar and toolbar styles - perhaps if you roll the 
>> mouse-wheel over it then it switches between being a pathbar and a 
>> toolbar.  This is useful when you want to copy and paste the path of the 
>> directory you are in.
>>     
>
> Well, Ctrl+L will always focus the location selector (pops up a dialog
> in pathbar mode).
>
>   
>> I remember reading about the MacOSX Filer columns-view in thunar a while 
>> ago - will this be implemented one day?  It's very good for 
>> copying/moving files around.  Can a plugin do something like this?
>>     
>
> No, currently plugins cannot provide additional views.
>
>   
>> Also, is thunar going to have some kind of search feature?  Would 
>> integration with Beagle or locate be a plugin rather than a feature?
>>     
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> Some day, yes. Maybe in thunar-vfs (transparently for apps) or as a plugin.
>   
Could it be both?  I mean a plugin sending the list of files to 
thunar-vfs?  This lets users choose between different search applications.