[Thunar-dev] Minor things part $PREVIOUS++

[Harold Aling]

Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> Harold Aling wrote:
>   
>>> That's the expected behaviour. When you delete the selected item(s),
>>> nothing will be selected. What you requested was that the cursor/anchor
>>> should be moved to the next item, and that's what it does now.
>>>
>>>       
>> Ah, sorry if I wasn't clear on what I suggested. I indeed would like
>> thunar to select the next available item in the same view I'm deleting
>> files in.
>>     
>
> This would be rather confusing as default behaviour for ExoIconView.
>
>   
>> I use my keyboard a lot so if I want to delete file A and C in a list of
>> (...) A B C (...), I'd like to use this key sequence: <navigate to A
>> with the down arrow key><del><enter><arrow down><del><enter>
>>     
>
> You can select multiple files at once using Ctrl/Shift, and delete them
> using a single <del> key press.
>   
I know what the alternatives are, but when browsing through a bunch of 
files, I delete them one at a time. This is how I do it for years now in 
Explorer. Detailed list, arrow keys and page down/up to go down/up the 
list and then hit delete when I want to delete a file.

It isn't that I don't want to comply with the default behavior of 
ExoIconView, this is how I feel it should be implemented because it's 
the natural way to behave... Even my girlfriend found the current 
behavior a bit awkward, and she is more of a mouse-type.

It can't be that I'm the only one who thinks this should be the default 
behavior? Or am I?
> Benedikt
>   
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