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Bug 479905 - Need multicolumn view if file selection dialog
Need multicolumn view if file selection dialog
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkFileChooser
2.10.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
Federico Mena Quintero
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-09-24 17:55 UTC by Andrey Cherepanov
Modified: 2015-03-08 14:12 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.15/2.16


Description Andrey Cherepanov 2007-09-24 17:55:11 UTC 
It's useful to implement multicolumn view if file selection dialog.
It helps to view more files.

Other information:
Comment 1 Alexandre Prokoudine 2007-09-27 10:06:12 UTC 
Just a little bit more reasoning.

Current column view is OK for cases when filenames are long, so by default you see about same amount of files you would see in list view that Andrei requests.

But when you have a lot of files with short names (consider a typical ~/Photos/2007/09/27/ directory with a bunch of files like "IMG_6789.CR2"), list view works better. You just scroll less.
Comment 2 Matthias Clasen 2015-03-08 14:12:05 UTC 
nobody has worked on this in a long time