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Bug 511269 - File open dialog double/single click visual clues
File open dialog double/single click visual clues
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkFileChooser
unspecified
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
Federico Mena Quintero
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-01-22 14:52 UTC by Toms Bauģis
Modified: 2009-06-12 22:16 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.19/2.20


Description Toms Bauģis 2008-01-22 14:52:07 UTC 
In the file browsing dialogs, like file->open, the left pane (folders
and favorites) responds to single click, but the right one, where you
have files and folders - to doubleclick.
There are no visual clues that would hint for the single click on left
pane.

Possible solutions:

* change mouse cursor for the left pane to "hand" cursor
* make widgets look like panel buttons or some kind of buttons / links

I guess there are should be also some other options. Any way or other - a visual clue that would hint required behavior, would be just great!


Other information:
Comment 1 Cosimo Cecchi 2008-01-22 16:37:09 UTC 
-> GTK+

The file chooser dialog is a GTK+ component, and is not part of Nautilus.
Comment 2 Milan Bouchet-Valat 2008-02-07 22:01:13 UTC 
The main issue is, in nautilus the same pane (from the user POV, it's in no way the same widget) needs a double-click. Personally I like the single-click behavior, but what is absolutely required is *consistency* between the filechooser and nautilus (in any way).
Comment 3 Milan Bouchet-Valat 2009-06-12 22:16:28 UTC 
Now Nautilus is consistent with the single-click behavior. I don't think we can solve this and keep consistent with other widgets: buttons don't use a hand for pointer, and use single-click too. Changing the design of the tree view is not really possible. I'm not convinced people can't learn that bookmark lists only need one click - the first time they'll find it strange, but...