[Thunar-dev] Rubberbanding behavior

[Bjoern Martensen]

On 9/13/06, Benedikt Meurer <benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de> wrote:
> Matt McClinch wrote:
> >>> I think this patch to libexo improves the rubberbanding in Thunar.  I
> >>> have always found the current behavior less than ideal for a file
> >>> manager.  With this patch, the length of a filename does not make any
> >>> difference as to whether or not that item is "inside" the rubberband
> >>> selector.
> >>
> >> Hm that looks kinda odd to me. But that may be because I'm used to the
> >> other icon view behavior. IIRC nearly every file manager works this way
> >> in icon view mode.
> >>
> > What if this change only applied to compact list view?  (See revised patch)
>
> Makes sense. Committed, thanks.

I'm sorry, but I don't like the new behaviour at all.
I think it makes much more sense that only items that are actually
_inside_ the rubber band are selecteted.

Björn