GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 552496
when opening a new tab, always switch to it
Last modified: 2015-10-26 16:59:56 UTC
Originally sent to launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/270676 Nautilus supports tabs now. To open a new tab you middle-click a folder. Yet, I find myself switching to new tabs right after opening them, 99% of the times. That's two actions I have to perform, so I think it would be handier to automatically switch to new tabs. You might argue that web browsers don't do this. I think the user case is different here: with web browsers, I usually open a link on a new tab because I want to keep reading the current page but I might read something on the new tab afterwards. If I open a tab on Nautilus, that's usually because I want to do something on the new tab now but might go back to the old tab later. Other information:
Created attachment 120099 [details] [review] simple patch patch
Created attachment 120100 [details] [review] patch with gconf and preferences->behaviour settings patch with gconf and preferences->behaviour settings
> You might argue that web browsers don't do this. Not by default, but they generally offer it as a preference. (The two I use most often, Firefox and Safari, certainly do.) > think the user case is different here: with web browsers, I usually open a link on a new tab because I > want to keep reading the current page but I might read something on the new tab afterwards. If I > open a tab on Nautilus, that's usually because I want to do > something on the new tab now but might go back to the old tab later. I agree that 'switch by default' is probably a sensible behaviour for Nautilus. There are certainly times, though, when I want to open a number of a folder's sub-folders, each in their own tab. In that case, the auto-switching would be annoying, as I'd have to keep switching back to the parent folder, then opening the next sub-folder. So, perhaps a modifier would be more useful than a preference? I.e. middle-click = create tab and switch, but Shift-middle-click = create tab and don't switch? If you still wanted to add the preference as well, then the modifier could just be used to reverse the default behaviour. (This is how Safari does it.)
Switch by default and shift-middle-click for the other case sounds like a good solution to me.
I agree with Alexander's solution.
Setting patch statuses as discussed above.
Comment on attachment 120100 [details] [review] patch with gconf and preferences->behaviour settings Nautilus 3.18 (at least) switches to new tabs immediately. There is no way to get the old behavior, but maybe this can be closed anyway.
Comment 7 is correct. Closing.thanks!