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Bug 689825 - Nautilus 'Empty.' notification when entering empty folders.
Nautilus 'Empty.' notification when entering empty folders.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
3.6.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: 3.18
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 691814 745828 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-12-06 23:59 UTC by t.ask
Modified: 2015-07-23 20:23 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description t.ask 2012-12-06 23:59:54 UTC 
It'll be nice to have a 'Empty' text notification on the background of Nautilus if the user enters an empty folder.

The behaviour in realtion to 'Show Hidden Files' is debatable :)

Have 1 state: 'Empty' with 'Show Hidden Files' on and off
Have 2 states: 'Empty' = no hidden files, 'Empty with hidden' = if hidden files still present

Has to be thought through. I'm just too tired to think it through ;)
Comment 1 António Fernandes 2015-03-13 17:53:37 UTC 
*** Bug 745828 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 António Fernandes 2015-03-13 17:53:41 UTC 
*** Bug 691814 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 António Fernandes 2015-03-13 18:05:55 UTC 
Additional information from duplicates:

"Having an empty white view is not very friendly and is confusing since that also occurs when the view is loading." (from bug 691814)
This confusion is evident when loading takes a considerable ammount of time, as can happen for remote mounts (from bug 745828).


See also related issue for when there are no search results: bug 680984
Comment 4 Allan Day 2015-07-06 11:10:08 UTC 
This would be nice to have. There's a mockup for it here:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/nautilus/nautilus-next/wire-empty-folder.png
Comment 5 Carlos Soriano 2015-07-06 11:12:39 UTC 
3.18 planned and gnome-love bug