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Bug 737190 - Refine grid layout, reduce number of zoom levels
Refine grid layout, reduce number of zoom levels
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Views: Icon View
3.13.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: 3.16
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-09-23 15:12 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2015-01-26 11:57 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.13/3.14



Description Allan Day 2014-09-23 15:12:26 UTC
The layout of the thumbnail grid often isn't very good, especially when it is zoomed in or out. At extreme zoom levels, it just looks broken. The number of zoom levels also makes it easy to get lost.

It would be better to reduce the number of zoom levels, and to ensure that the remaining levels are nicely laid out. It probably makes sense to keep the padding between grid cells static when zooming.

Visual guidance:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/nautilus/nautilus-next/grid-zoom-levels.png

Note that, ideally, the grid content would be scaled to fit the available area (using something like GtkFlowBox).